beeftony:zetsubonna:thank you so fucking much, science side of tumblrOne small correction: usi
beeftony: zetsubonna: thank you so fucking much, science side of tumblr One small correction: using cowpox to treat smallpox isn’t vaccination, it’s a similar but distinct process called inoculation. A vaccine uses a weakened, mostly dead form of the virus to let your body do some target practice. An inoculation actually infects the body with a related, but less severe form of an illness, and the antibodies developed from fighting it off also repel the more deadly disease. -- source link
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