George Washington understood natural immunity

Rachel Maddow's producer apparently doesn't understand the concept of natural immunity.

But George Washington did.

If someone has to try and educate @maddow’s “award winning” producer on natural immunity from prior infection, and George Washington’s knowledge and consideration of it, might as well be me. Look below Mr Producer… https://t.co/cV1nYVOlgA pic.twitter.com/G3t3WVT69g

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 13, 2021

History.com notes (emphasis added), "When George Washington took command of the Continental Army in 1775, America was fighting a war on two fronts: one for independence from the British, and a second for survival against smallpox. Because Washington knew the ravages of the disease firsthand, he understood that the smallpox virus, then an invisible enemy, could cripple his army and end the war before it began.

That’s why Washington eventually made the bold decision to inoculate all American troops who had never been sickened with smallpox at a time when inoculation was a crude and often deadly process."