Oh dear -- do you realize what you're letting yourself in for, from all
the anti-vaccine-ites on the net? But the millions who haven't died or
been disabled from these diseases would definitely agree with you.
Mike Conrad wrote:
> (snip) 1796 - By using cowpox, which causes
> a mild disease in human beings, to pro-
> tect a person from the deadlier smallpox,
> Edward Jenner discovered vaccination.
> His method of injecting dead bacteria or
> their toxins helped eradicate smallpox,
> and protects against bubonic plague,
> chickenpox, cholera, diphtheria, influ-
> enza, measles, mumps, rabies, typhoid fe-
> ver, tetanus and other diseases.
> (snip)All great men, to be sure, but my own vote goes to Jenner for his
> courage and the amazing intuitive leap involved... not to mention the
> number of lives saved.
> Mike
>> ----
> "I know what your problem is: you watch too much television."
