Comment on Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can TreatparentComments−nickles6yThis seems similar to an old technique, 'inoculation', which predates vaccination and was used with some success to protect against smallpox.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoculation−maxerickson6yIt's like horse serum. It isn't a less deadly infection conferring the benefit, it is the immune system components of the blood, the antibodies.https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/horse-serum
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This seems similar to an old technique, 'inoculation', which predates vaccination and was used with some success to protect against smallpox.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoculation
It's like horse serum. It isn't a less deadly infection conferring the benefit, it is the immune system components of the blood, the antibodies.
https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/horse-serum