As a retired RN I’ve always been interested in immunology. This is a very informative commentary on Dr. Jenner and his ground-breaking work. Today some people question the use of vaccines but I remember having the German measles as a child and it was not pleasant. People centuries ago who lost their children to smallpox would have been anxious to have a vaccine protect them from that terrible disease.
Smallpox was also the first germ warfare. Contaminated blankets were given to indigenous people in North America. In the War of Independence. Washington rushed to vaccinate his troops ahead of the protected Brits.
As a retired RN I’ve always been interested in immunology. This is a very informative commentary on Dr. Jenner and his ground-breaking work. Today some people question the use of vaccines but I remember having the German measles as a child and it was not pleasant. People centuries ago who lost their children to smallpox would have been anxious to have a vaccine protect them from that terrible disease.
Smallpox was also the first germ warfare. Contaminated blankets were given to indigenous people in North America. In the War of Independence. Washington rushed to vaccinate his troops ahead of the protected Brits.
Very sad the things the U.S. gov’t has done to Native peoples ever since we landed on their shores.