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Most of us will have had dozens of vaccines by the times we reach adulthood to protect us from various diseases, but few understand how vaccines are actually produced.
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Most of us will have had dozens of vaccines by the times we reach adulthood to protect us from various diseases, but few understand how vaccines are actually produced.
I find vaccines quite fascinating. To be more accurate, I find the thinking and emotion around vaccines endlessly fascinating... and often quite disturbing. They have become, what we in the UK call 'national treasures.' A national treasure is...
What is it about cows? It seems we were created to live in harmony with these gentle mothers... ...
It was probably in early 1803, as Jenner’s fame swelled and more doctors were adopting vaccination, when Bell met a farmer with a curious story. The farmer’s name was Benjamin Jesty, from the Downshay farm in a nearby village. Seeing the growing practice of vaccination, Jesty was eager to tell his story and claimed he deserved rewards just like Jenner. Bell, probably intrigued, recorded Jesty’s account.
<p>Benjamin Yesty correctly intuited that exposing himself and his family to cowpox could shield them from the recurrent smallpox pandemics of England. Twenty years ahead of Edward Jenner, he became a local pariah. </p>