George Washington wanted 'severe penalties' for anti-vaxxers

We are living through an unusual health crisis with government rules that are drawing praise and opposition. But this is not unprecedented or new. Our nation has gone through this many times before, and courts have ruled vaccine mandates are constitutional.

Even the father of our country thought that families should be compelled to inoculate children under threat of "severe penalties."

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