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Actually, the Black Death was caused by a bacteria, not a virus. It could have been cured with antibiotics, not vaccines.
by henrikschroder 8y ago
Actually, the Black Death was caused by a bacteria, not a virus. It could have been cured with antibiotics, not vaccines.
- kazinator 8y agoI checked my facts before posting: vaccination does exist for Yersinia pestis. Though that particular pathogen is not commonly targeted by vaccination, it is not true that vaccines are just for viruses, whereas we just let people contract bacterial diseases and then fight them with antibiotics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine#Effectiveness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine#Effectiveness "Vaccines also help prevent the development of antibiotic resistance. For example, by greatly reducing the incidence of pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, vaccine programs have greatly reduced the prevalence of infections resistant to penicillin or other first-line antibiotics." Sourced from Nature Journal: https://web.archive.org/web/20170722121157/http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-01711-6 https://web.archive.org/web/20170722121157/http://www.nature...
- henrikschroder 8y ago> I checked my facts before posting You're right, and I've never thought about the pneumonia vaccine being against bacteria as well, even though I've taken it myself.