Smallpox?
georgemw at speakeasy.net
georgemw at speakeasy.net
Thu Sep 27 17:08:37 PDT 2001
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
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