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by zvrba 4292 days ago
Related; an example of efficient government action: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_outbreak_of_smallpox_in_Yu...

Somehow I don't believe that an action like this is possible in a democracy :/

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Oh yes it is:

- 1924-1925 smallpox outbreak and mass vaccinations in Duluth, Minneapolis, and St. Paul: http://www.mnopedia.org/event/smallpox-epidemic-1924-1925

- 1947 smallpox outbreak and mass vaccinations in New York City: http://www.virology.ws/2009/12/22/smallpox-in-new-york-city-...