Vaccine Revolt

English

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese Revolta da Vacina.

Proper noun

Vaccine Revolt

(historical) A period of civil disorder, that occurred from 10 to 16 November 1904, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in response to government officials entering homes to apply smallpox vaccines by force.

Translations

period of civil disorder

Chinese:
Mandarin: 疫苗革命 (yìmiáo gémìng)

Finnish: rokotekapina
Portuguese: Revolta da Vacina f

Further reading

Vaccine Revolt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Revolta da Vacina on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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