The Daily Populous Monday February 17th, 2025 night edition
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BoringApocalyptos on February 16th, 2025 at 19:09 UTC »

This historic photo (late 19th/early 20th century) shows two boys exposed to smallpox. The boy on the left was unvaccinated and developed severe smallpox, while the boy on the right was vaccinated and remained healthy. This image was widely used in medical literature to demonstrate the effectiveness of vaccination. Thanks to efforts like this, smallpox was officially eradicated in 1980—the only human disease ever wiped out.

rj_6688 on February 16th, 2025 at 19:23 UTC »

Great reminder. Alternatively you can look at the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas.

poweroftheorthanc on February 16th, 2025 at 19:37 UTC »

When I first started working in hospitals and the antivax movement started to get some traction posters like this were plastered everywhere. We should do that more again and have pro vaccine groups run ads on TVs, billboards, etc. again so people can get a reminder.