We've posted some vintage photos here from the 1976 swine flu scare. These photos capture moments from the nationwide vaccination campaign and give us a peek into some of the similarities and differences of the swine flu threat then, and now. Take a look.
An adult receives a vaccination with a jet injector during the swine flu nationwide vaccination campaign, which began October 1, 1976.
A public health scientist draws blood from an elderly woman, to be tested the swine flu vaccination campaign.
New Jersey Influenza (swine flu) Immunization Campaign.
Taken at the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, shows Gary Noble, M.D., M.P.H. (left) going over laboratory findings with David J. Sencer, M.D., M.P.H.
An elderly woman as she receives a vaccination by a public health clinician.
And here's a look at the 1976 swine flu PSAs (from the National Archives).
—Ginger Skinner
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