George Washington’s Great Inoculation Gamble

How medical science saved the revolution

“The March to Valley Forge” by William Trego.

When Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered all US service members vaccinated against Covid-19, he wasn’t embarking on a radical new policy but, rather, continuing a tradition older than the United States. More than two centuries ago, George Washington ordered all US troops inoculated against smallpox. It was a bold…