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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Smallpox Is Around But You Needn't Fear It if You Get Vaccinated, Jan. 29, 2910

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., January 29, 1920

Small Pox

By L.J. Smith, Health Officer

Reports continue to come from all parts of the state regarding the prevalence of smallpox. The newspapers are full of appeals to the people to vaccinated against this loathsome disease—a disease which causes relatives, friends and neighbors to desert you when you are so unfortunate as to contract it. The state has lost sympathy with the man who allows himself to contract a disease that can so easily be prevented. The state has made adequate provision for the protection of its citizens against smallpox, by furnishing the public, free of cost, smallpox vaccine and a public servant to administer it.

The pitiful condition of the negro afflicted with small pox found in Norfolk and Southern station a few days ago, should serve as a striking lesson to all who believe, or think they believe, that the one sore produced by vaccination is worse than smallpox itself. The vaccination sore does not cause your friends and neighbors to desert you, but is taken as a badge of honor for every good citizen—no one need fear small pox if he has been properly vaccinated. If you are unprotected against this disease it is plainly your own neglect.

If this negro had taken advantage of free vaccination as he should have done years ago, he would not be receiving help at the hands of our ever ready and efficient Secretary of Associated Charities.
We wish to make special appeal to our colored people to take advantage of free vaccination as the present epidemic is practically confined to the colored people.

Vaccination is given free at the Health Department in the City Hall every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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