#getvaccinated

[bonniegrrl]

#GetVaccinated 😷 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTbGqdNnlD9/?utm_medium=tumblr

[usnatarchives]

Ad for penicillin, Life Magazine, 8/14/1944.

MIXED MESSAGE: SMOKE AND RECOVER? WW2 poster, NARA ID 515170.

#OTD 1928 "WONDER DRUG" Penicillin Discovered Modern medicine saves lives - antibiotics & vaccines By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

Stay tuned: Anti-Vaxxer Ben Franklin's Biggest Regret

During WWI, tens of thousands of service personnel died not from their actual wounds but from sepsis, a massive body-wide infection. At the time, very little could be done to prevent these deaths. However, one of the many who sought to help was bacteriologist Alexander Fleming, who as a captain in WWI saw many wounded men die from such infections.

#OTD 1928, Fleming's accidental discovery transformed modern medicine. He'd left a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered, and saw that a mold (similar to the kind found on moldy bread) that had fallen on the culture had killed many of the bacteria. He called the mold by-product penicillin.

“When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I guess that was exactly what I did." ---Dr. Alexander Fleming

Commercial production of penicillin began after the start of WWII. In advance of D-Day, scientists prepared more than two million doses. Government communicators worked with the pharmaceutical industry to produce a robust ad campaign - including posters below from our holdings - to establish penicillin as "the wonder drug." The posters - a snapshot of the time - include a happy soldier smoking while recovering in bed, anti-Japanese propaganda, and concerns about STDs. See Powers of Persuasion online exhibit.

NARA ID 183507561.

NARA ID 183507561.

NARA ID 183507560.

NARA ID 515171.

[breelandwalker]

Second shot today! Can't wait to get back out there this summer. 😁 #GetVaccinated #PartDeux 💉 https://www.instagram.com/p/CO3YwsdHo_0/?igshid=9ptcgkf2em80

[truthbombmemes]

Facebook is killing us. Should big tech be allowed to profit from deadly disinformation?? Hell no. #getvaccinated #StopHateForProfit #VaccinesRfreedom #TruthBomb https://www.instagram.com/p/CVx-I4NLLx7/?utm_medium=tumblr

[stillwithhernothim]

The Long and Winding Road to Covid doesn’t always end the way you hope. #GetVaccinated #Nashville #Denial #Tennessee (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4b7xLlb6U/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tubbsmccracken]

The choices many of us don't have in life. 

It's time to change the odds. Get vaccinated and take action against injustices for all people.

[goodblacknews]

My mom just texted me this photo and it makes me equally happy and emotional. Being in a couple of high-risk groups, Mom has been the most vigilant person I know about social distancing and isolating EVERY DAY for the entire year since March 2020 lockdown. Meaning NO close visits with grandkids, children or friends, just waves outside from a distance, zooms and phone calls. Now, in just a few weeks when full protection kicks in, maybe that can change (with protocols of course). As we all know, #covid_19 has been disproportionately affecting and killing Black and Brown people, and I know I’m not alone when I say I know several people who have lost parents and loved ones to the #pandemic. I’m posting this to urge our community to get vaccinated, to encourage our elders and loved ones to get vaccinated — right now it is the absolute best way to minimize the risk of severe illness and fatality... and provide ability for us all to move forward and reconnect. xo Lori, Good Black News EIC #getvaccinated https://www.instagram.com/p/CLZ1Qr-Fo4Q/?igshid=de170rfshj1a

[dewitty1]

Second vaccine dose down, baby, yeahhhhhh! (•̀o•́)ง