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Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005) by Retric on Monday April 18, 2016 @09:56PM (#11524418)
Variolation was still risky with a ~1% risk of death and a significant chance of starting a new outbreak. So, the vaccine was still a rediculusly huge step forward.
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Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005) by brianwawok on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @01:03PM (#11528378)
So basically Variolation was MySpace, and Vaccination was Facebook?

Took an existing idea, cranked it up a notch, and sold it to the masses?

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