Former Congresswoman Val Demings

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

In 1716, he taught Americans something he had learned in Africa: that a small, controlled infection of smallpox could protect from future serious disease. This "inoculation" was the precursor of vaccines. It was practiced in China, the Middle East, and Africa, but not Europe. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 1, 2021

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

In the late 1600s or early 1700s, a man was enslaved and brought to Boston. He was renamed Onesimus, meaning "useful, helpful, or profitable." We do not know his real name. He would become one of the most important figures in American public health. #BlackHistoryMonth — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 1, 2021

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

Before its eradication in 1980 (a scientific and medical miracle), Smallpox was a blight on humanity, killing 500 million people in the last 100 years of its existence alone, and scarring and blinding survivors. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 1, 2021