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How mass vaccinations halted a killer virus in 1950s Glasgow – BBC News
Covid jabs are beginning in earnest, but 70 years ago mass inoculation was the weapon against another killer disease.
By Andrew PickenBBC Scotland News
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image captionQueues outside the Public Health Department in Cochrane Street, Glasgow in April, 1950
The fourth day of 2021 marks the start of a mass vaccination campaign like no other. Today is about halting Covid-19, but in the middle of the last century an inoculation programme became the weapon against another deadly virus.
The long line of people outside the health centre wait patiently for their turn to be vaccinated.
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