Smallpox?

[georgemw at speakeasy.net]

On 27 Sep 2001, at 21:50, Nomen Nescio wrote: 


> You are full of shit.  The smallpox vaccine is not made from cowpox 
> or from smallpox (variola) virus.  It is made from the vaccinia virus.

> Did you ever wonder where the word "vaccine" comes from? 
>  

It comes from the word "vaca", which mean cow. 
more explicitly, it comes from variolae vaccinae 
which is latin for cow pox. 


> Do a google search on "smallpox vaccine" next time before you spout 
off 
> with ignorant garbage like this. 
>  
>  
Good advice! 

George