So I’m having trouble with this, and I’ve went through different links on Google and can’t find an answer. So they would poke into sores of people who had smallpox and then proceed to cut the patient and insert the infection directly into them. I’m not understanding why catching small pox that way would be any different than catching it naturally?
I am specifically referring to how it was done during the revolutionary war, not today’s vaccines. But wouldn’t mind knowing how those two things differ as a bonus
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The inoculation comes from a person who has already recovered from the disease, so it comes with antibodies that already know how to fight the disease. It’s the difference in-between getting Ikea furniture or LEGO with the instructions for assembly or just having to figure how all the pieces go together yourself. Having instructions speeds the process and allows the body to build its immunity much faster, preventing the disease from getting deeply rooted into the body’s systems.
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