Topic: Capsules

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70: Four Freedoms
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70: Four Freedoms

1969 Draft Lottery, Vietnam War and Arbitrary Dates

On December 1st, 1969, the U.S. held its first military draft lottery since 1942, using 366 capsules to determine the order of service based on birthdays. Statisticians later argued the draw was flawed because end-of-year dates were clustered at the top. The hosts compare this arbitrary selection process to the "disingenuous" and "arbitrary" nature of current vaccine mandates.