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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Exploring History: Flu shot season is upon us
Many of the soldiers dreaded inoculation, but it was necessary to keep them healthy.

For many, the fall weather signals a time to get your annual flu or COVID shots. This week’s photograph shows soldiers at Niagara Camp during the First World War getting their obligatory inoculations of smallpox and typhoid (a lovely three-step process). Many of the soldiers dreaded inoculation, but it was necessary to keep them healthy. One soldier confessed that he “would sooner be in the trenches than in the inoculating room.” I hear you, fella.

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