Benjamin Franklin Has The Perfect Comeback To Anti-Vaxxers, And It Was Written In The 18th Century

Author: Ligitas Nefas / Source: Bored Panda

There are no shortages of debates between anti-vaxxers and the rest of the world on the internet, but if you open up a history book you will find these arguments are centuries old. As it turns out Benjamin Franklin was not just a founding father, but a staunch supporter of vaccinations.

In 1736 Franklin lost his son to smallpox, which sparked him to write an important message on the topic decades later. In the text, he urged parents to inoculate their children – and even though the science behind it was still underdeveloped in the 18th century, his main points till hold today.

Scroll down below to see what this founding father had to say.

During the great smallpox epidemic of 1721 James Franklin was part of the charge against vaccines, while his brother Benjamin Franklin took a more neutral stance

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