In the nineteenth century, smallpox ravaged the world, claiming millions of lives. Yet, on a remote island in the Baltic Sea-seemingly at the edge of the world-not a single life was lost to the disease. These compelling stories reveal how a resilient community, upon learning of vaccination, swiftly embraced it, ensuring that no child succumbed to the horrific plague that continued to devastate those around them.
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