My project starts with brief snapshots of where in the world inoculation was before a deeper dive into the Boston Smallpox Controversy of 1721. It is meant to illustrate how science has been fighting the same battle today as back then. The reason that inoculation was vilified in 1721 was that there wasn’t enough time to teach and persuade as many people as possible. Today; the problem of being scared of something potentially difficult to understand stunts the understanding of science with the general public.

-Kerry Hennessy (hennesk5@tcnj.edu)