In the American Boston in the found and digitized diary records of the 18th century on outbreaks of smallpoxes in the city found similarities with the current situation with coronavirus, writes Associated Press.
records were published by the Boston Library. In them, priests describe flashes of smallpox, which happened in the city in 1721 and 1764. In particular, the OSAP is described as “a very infectious disease that began far from the shores of America, causing outbreaks of mortality, which quickly spread, infecting the masses. Vaccinations are available, but splitting the public is indignant by the fact that it is vaccinated.”
It is also noted that the proper vaccination against smallpox occurred only at the end of the same century, but some skeptically treated these vaccinations. At the same time, the first vaccines then promote the priest himself, which leads this diary, because of which an attempt was made on him. Another pastor wrote in his diary that he asked for a blessing from God on a vaccine. He and his family, sick and making vaccinations, cured of smallpox.
Archivist Library Zahari Bodnar calls an interesting parallel the fact that there are such great similarities in the records of 300 years ago and notes that “the more we learn about the past, the more we understand that we remain the same as before” .
Earlier in WHO stated that the consequences of COVID-19 would not be similar to the consequences of plague and smallpox, adding that scientists continue to investigate the influence of the virus on the body and on the aggravation of chronic diseases.