Fearing contamination from the inoculation process, the Continental Congress prohibited army surgeons from doing them. The practice of inoculations was widespread in Europe. The disease also scared off potential recruits. The virus caused about 17% of deaths in the Continental Army. Variola-the smallpox virus-was brought in by British and German soldiers. After he recovered, he was immune to smallpox. While in Barbados in November, 1751, he’d suffered through a bout with the disease. Washington was no stranger to the disease. This time it was a silent killer-a disease known as smallpox. General George Washington had a problem-besides his British enemy.
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