New & Noteworthy - June 2025
THE WORLD THE PLAGUE MADE
How the BLACK DEATH [14th century]
unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world
and ushered in the modern age.
SMALLPOX: THE RED PLAGUE
Smallpox: Variola virus, face to face infectious disease.
PENNSYLVANIA afflicted with smallpox: 1904-1906
JOHN PITCAIRN: 1841—1916
The National Anti-Vaccination League of Pennsylvania, 1907
Is there a scientific rationale for vaccine hesitancy?
WHO: 1980 global eradication of smallox
Polio [foot] in ANCIENT Egypt
THE POLIO PLAGUE
[20th century]
1938: MARCH OF DIMES, a fundraiser; free vaccine worldwide.
WHO: polio survivors are one of the largest disabled groups in the world.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
[21st century]
Origin: CHINA 12/2019; then spread worldwide 2020—2023
“MASK MANDATES”
MEASLES—2025 [airborne]
A highly contagious, vaccine-preventive infectious disease caused by measles virus. Symptoms: high fever, runny nose, inflamed eyes; red flat rash.
1920:
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
grants BRITAIN a mandate to govern PALESTINE
When displaced Jews were REFUSED ASYLUM in the US, Canada and Australia, they “poured into PALESTINE”.
[like rats fleeing a sinking ship]
Old Testament: Genesis 3:16—So the Lord said to the woman: Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
Koran: 4: 34—Men have authority over women because God made the one superior to the other.
Patriarchal society starts to crumble once women are
FREE to devote their “affection” where they prefer.
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