PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 11 months agoOverturned street trolley during the Vaccine Revolt by antivaxxers in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1904media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11
arrow-up172arrow-down1imageOverturned street trolley during the Vaccine Revolt by antivaxxers in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1904media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·11 months agoYou can kind of sympathise with the antivaxxers of that time. It’s fucking 120 years ago. Medicine was still not very advanced and neither was education for the masses. However, in 2024 people should be somewhat wiser.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI don’t know man, vaccination was still over 100 years old at that point.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiencylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoI’m a staunch supporter of public health myself, but the point about comparatively poor educational standards still stands.
You can kind of sympathise with the antivaxxers of that time. It’s fucking 120 years ago. Medicine was still not very advanced and neither was education for the masses.
However, in 2024 people should be somewhat wiser.
I don’t know man, vaccination was still over 100 years old at that point.
I’m a staunch supporter of public health myself, but the point about comparatively poor educational standards still stands.