Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦
@statsguy@mas.to
@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world @MostlyTato@mstdn.social @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca You remember rightly. Cowpox does indeed confer immunity to smallpox. In fact Jenner's smallpox vaccine in the 18th century was based on cowpox.
And that's why we call it a vaccine: from the Latin vacca, meaning cow.
Whether that has anything to do with drinking raw milk in times gone by I have no idea.
The Sleight Doctor 🃏
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@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
@statsguy@mas.to @MostlyTato@mstdn.social @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca Thanks!