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    1796Jenner tests vaccination Shared thread 2020COVID-19 pandemic Shared thread 1798An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae Shared thread 2020COVID-19 pandemic in France Shared thread 1885Rabies vaccine Shared thread 2020COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan Shared thread

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    Before declaring victory, collaborating laboratories tested more than 9,000 specimens from suspected cases in 1978 and 1979. Not one yielded the virus.

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