8/1 Mike Luckovich: Army of whiners

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1. K&R

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2. K&R.

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3. Get thee to the greatest page

RFN!

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4. k&r

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5. Kick

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6. If the Continent then, had been populated by the whimpering babies we have now,

we'd all be speaking Hessian today.

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7. It's time (has been for 6 months) to REQUIRE or you don't fly, eat out, go to school. Enough. nt

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8. Yes, let's follow France's example!

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9. Yes! 👍

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12. NCAA football will be a wild ride this year, I predict.

Maybe the cancellation/forfeiture of games (and same in the NFL) will start to wake up the masses. Not much else will make a difference to many Americans.

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10. K & R

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11. With few surgeons, fewer medical supplies..., Washington conducted the first mass inoculation

Variola raged throughout the war, devastating the Native American population and slaves who had chosen to fight for the British in exchange for freedom. Yet the isolated infections that sprung up among Continental regulars during the southern campaign failed to incapacitate a single regiment. With few surgeons, fewer medical supplies, and no experience, Washington conducted the first mass inoculation of an army at the height of a war that immeasurably transformed the international system. Defeating the British was impressive, but simultaneously taking on Variola was a risky stroke of genius. - loc.gov


Who are the patriots, my patriots?!!!

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13. Luv it & Luckovich, thanks!

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14. One guy skipped out.

One guy skipped out.

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15. KnR

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16. In 1781 he put an entire stop to the army movement and mingling of troops.

Every time it snows here, I think of that winter above the Hudson. Mr Smith, is Nathan Smith the local town supervisor. He is later mentioned as one of the most active local officials by the army commanders. Just the providing of meals, wood & straw was a mighty feat.

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17. 8/1 Mike Luckovich: Army of whiners

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18. How Crude Smallpox Inoculations Helped George Washington Win the War

I love history. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

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When George Washington took command of the Continental Army in 1775, America was fighting a war on two fronts: one for independence from the British, and a second for survival against smallpox. Because Washington knew the ravages of the disease firsthand, he understood that the smallpox virus, then an invisible enemy, could cripple his army and end the war before it began.

That’s why Washington eventually made the bold decision to inoculate all American troops who had never been sickened with smallpox at a time when inoculation was a crude and often deadly process. His gamble paid off. The measure staved off smallpox long enough to win a years-long fight with the British. In the process, Washington pulled off the first massive, state-funded immunization campaign in American history......

By the following winter, Washington and his troops were camped in Morristown, New Jersey, where the threat of smallpox was as dire as ever. America’s stoic general waffled back and forth on whether to inoculate or not, even making the mass inoculation order and then rescinding it. Finally, on February 5, 1777, he made the call in a letter to John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress.

“The small pox has made such Head in every Quarter that I find it impossible to keep it from spreading thro’ the whole Army in the natural way. I have therefore determined, not only to innoculate all the Troops now here, that have not had it, but shall order Docr. Shippen to innoculate the Recruits as fast as they come in to Philadelphia.”

Fenn says that inoculating all troops without natural smallpox immunity was a daunting task. First, medical personnel had to examine each individual to determine if they had contracted the disease in the past, then they conducted the risky variolation procedure, followed by a month-long recovery process attended by teams of nurses.

Meanwhile, this entire process—the first of its kind and scale—had to be conducted in total secrecy. If the British caught wind that large numbers of American soldiers were laid up in bed with smallpox, it could be the end.