This 1976 photograph showed a public health professional consulting with an elderly woman during the swine flu nationwide vaccination campaign, which was instituted in October, 1976, due to an outbreak at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Elderly Female Receiving a Swine Flu Vaccination (1976)
This 1976 photograph showed an elderly female as she was receiving a vaccination by a public health clinician during the nationwide swine flu vaccination campaign, which began October 1, 1976.
This rare influenza strain, “A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1) influenza virus”, against which this individual was being vaccinated, was reported among soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where one patient died. A very similar strain killed 500,000 people in the United States, and more than 20 million worldwide, during the pandemic of 1918-1919. In response to the 1976 outbreak, in order to prevent another epidemic, 50 million Americans were vaccinated during a 10 week period, setting an immunization world record.
Swine Flu Vaccination from Jet Injector
This 1976 photograph showed an adult female receiving a vaccination that was administered by a public health clinician, by way of a jet injector during the nationwide swine flu vaccination campaign, which began October 1, 1976.
This rare influenza strain, “A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1) influenza virus”, was reported among soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where one patient died. A very similar strain killed 500,000 people in the United States, and more than 20 million worldwide, during the pandemic of 1918-1919. In response to the 1976 outbreak, in order to prevent another epidemic, 50 million Americans were vaccinated during a 10 week period, setting an immunization world record.
Red Cross Volunteer Drawing Blood
This Red Cross volunteer was drawing blood from an African-American woman to be tested for its concentration of antibodies during a 1976 influenza (swine flu) outbreak.
This volunteer is testing for the ”A/New Jersey/76” influenza virus, also known as the ”swine flu” virus. In 1976, a Fort Dix Soldier was infected by this virus and later died; this prompted a massive vaccination campaign in the U.S.
