====== Vaccine ======
A **vaccine** is...well, we're already into political territory...

===== Etiology =====
The word "vaccine" comes from the Latin //vaccinus// from //vacca//, which means "cow". That is because the [[cowpox]] virus was used to stimulate the immune system against the more harmful [[smallpox]] virus.

===== Vaccination =====
Vaccination is the process of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific infectious organism. It is not the same as [[immunization]] (which has been mistakenly used interchangeably with vaccination), which is the process of conferring immunity, not necessarily through vaccination. Immunity is the capacity of the body to protect itself from the development of a disease due to exposure to an infectious organism. ((https://www.bulatlat.com/2019/10/12/vaccination-most-deceptive-tool-of-imperialism/))

===== Vaccine History =====
'The Dark History of Vaccines'((https://medium.com/@joakimbanglarsen/the-dark-history-of-vaccines-c6c0e37944d4)) lists the many, many vaccine disasters throughout recent history and makes for a sobering read.

===== Major Vaccine Topics =====
  * [[vaccine:History of vaccines]]
  * [[vaccine:Vaccination Critics]]
  * [[vaccine:Vaccine Research]]
  * [[vaccine:Vaccine Safety]]
  * [[vaccine:Vaccines]]


===== Vaccine Types =====

==== Vaccine Types by Mechanism ====
  * [[vaccine:adenovirus vector vaccines]]
  * [[vaccine:Multigene vaccines]]

==== Vaccine Types by Target Pathogen ====
  * [[vaccine:influenza vaccines]]

===== Vaccine Liberty and Medical Freedom Advocacy =====

===== Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome =====
See [[Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome]]