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Mischaracterization of a Misadventure = Misinformation

Authors of “The Yellow Fever Vaccine Misadventure of 1942” respond to a tweet by Candace Owens. Exactly 80 years ago today, war with Japan was imminent. The US Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor had been attacked; the Japanese surrounded Shanghai, and the Germans already had a foothold in Africa. The yellow fever vaccination campaign, initiated in 1941, was expedited after

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