MaoistLandlord [he/him] to news • 3 years agoMonkeypox outbreak is primarily spreading through sex, WHO officials sayexternal-linkmessage-square132 fedilinkarrow-up199file-text
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minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]hexbear12·edit-23 years agoPeople used to insufflate fresh scabs to inoculate themselves (before the invention of the vaccine) because it would cause a mild infection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation link
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]hexbear2·3 years agoMostly because you get a smaller viral load this way, and then it's up to your immunity. link
People used to insufflate fresh scabs to inoculate themselves (before the invention of the vaccine) because it would cause a mild infection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation
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Right, I just thought it was a fun fact.
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Mostly because you get a smaller viral load this way, and then it's up to your immunity.
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