As fear of smallpox receded, the Continental Army saw a surge of new recruits. In a 2020 essay for National Geographic, Andrew Lawler wrote that “George Washington’s embrace of science-based ...
Ellis (“His Excellency: George Washington”) wrote that his “very ... ordeals that informed his leadership. His bout with ...
Yet today, their success is under siege — not by scientific challenges, but by deliberate misinformation campaigns led by figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been nominated to oversee the U.S.