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Talk:History of smallpox
Mathglot (
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22:44, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
The article could benefit from a scientific section discussing why variolation had a different outcome from regular infection with the disease -- in terms of infection and response in the body, why was it that regular infection would produce a full-blown attack of smallpox, but variolation apparently did not? Jheald ( talk) 09:41, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
It is important that material on Wikipedia on vaccination be informative and accurate.
Yet, this section does not actually say what the difference(s) between vaccination and variolation is / are. Is the difference (or one of them) that variolation involves administering material from the disease that one is trying to stop the patient from getting, whereas vaccination involves administering material from a slightly different disease? Or what?
PlacidGoldfish willThisDo ( talk) 01:06, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
Variolation was the method of inoculation first used to immunize individuals against smallpox (Variola) with material taken from a patient or a recently variolated individual, in the hope that a mild, but protective, infection would result. Only 1–2% of those variolated died from the intentional infection compared to 30% who contracted smallpox naturally. Variolation is no longer used today. It was replaced by the smallpox vaccine, a safer alternative. This in turn led to the development of the many vaccines now available against other diseases. 86.3.140.217 ( talk) 13:36, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
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Talk:History of smallpox
Mathglot (
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22:44, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
The article could benefit from a scientific section discussing why variolation had a different outcome from regular infection with the disease -- in terms of infection and response in the body, why was it that regular infection would produce a full-blown attack of smallpox, but variolation apparently did not? Jheald ( talk) 09:41, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
It is important that material on Wikipedia on vaccination be informative and accurate.
Yet, this section does not actually say what the difference(s) between vaccination and variolation is / are. Is the difference (or one of them) that variolation involves administering material from the disease that one is trying to stop the patient from getting, whereas vaccination involves administering material from a slightly different disease? Or what?
PlacidGoldfish willThisDo ( talk) 01:06, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
Variolation was the method of inoculation first used to immunize individuals against smallpox (Variola) with material taken from a patient or a recently variolated individual, in the hope that a mild, but protective, infection would result. Only 1–2% of those variolated died from the intentional infection compared to 30% who contracted smallpox naturally. Variolation is no longer used today. It was replaced by the smallpox vaccine, a safer alternative. This in turn led to the development of the many vaccines now available against other diseases. 86.3.140.217 ( talk) 13:36, 23 May 2024 (UTC)