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Just had a thought. What if we took a insignificant amount of the virus and injected it into people. This would allow them to develop antibodies so that if they do become exposed they are ready to fight it.
Probably safer then just exposing people to the virus. Could also do it to enough people that it virtually eradicates the virus.
Just an idea. We would also have to do a bunch of testing and have a bunch of regulations around it. Just to prove there isn't any unwarranted side effects.
If something like that worked, scientists would have done it by now.
Youre right. Sorry. I'm so dumb.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2021/01/20/how-ben-franklin-went-from-anti-vaxxer-to-advocate/
Ben Franklin was anti-vax, but came around. Also these fuckwits are so dumb that they don't know vaccines have been around throughout when America was "great" and way beyond.
In his defense, in 1721 vaccines were really a new unproven technology. And if you don't know it works, or even what causes diseases in the first place, it's reasonable to be skeptical. It's also reasonable to change your mind when you see it does really work.
Hah, yeah, wasn't trying to compare smathering junk in an open wound versus modern medicine by any means. Just that the concept has been around for a very long time.
The tech also sucked compared to today
And, without the context we have today, I could see how it might be kinda counter-intuitive.
I have a better idea. What if we take the genetic code of the virus, inject it into people and have their own bodies produce many more virus particles so they get a stronger and more targeted immune response? Who knows, someone could win an important prize for that.
I read this comment and became autistic. Becareful people science makes you spicy.
I don't know if I should laugh or cry. What a timeline to be in right now.
This sounds like witchcraft. J/K
That's called vaccination. At least, that was one of the original methods. You can use killed virus, weakened virus, a related virus that triggers the same immune response (for example, cowpox for smallpox), or a selected part of the virus that will trigger the immune response but is not capable of infecting you. The last is the most common method used now because the weakened-virus approach can go badly wrong.
That comment clearly is a joke that references that