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Inoculation is a set of methods of artificially inducing immunity against various infectious diseases. The terms "inoculation", "vaccination", and "immunization" are often used synonymously, but there are some important differences among them. Inoculation is the act of implanting a disease inside a person or animal, vaccination is the act of implanting or giving someone a vaccine specifically, and immunization is what happens to the immune system as a result.

Inoculation in Agent of Byzantium[]

Inoculation in The War That Came Early[]

In 1943, during the Second World War, Japan dropped fleas infected with the plague and containers of anthrax over American Honolulu,[1]. However the U.S. quickly began a mass inoculation program, which blunted Japan's attacks.[2]

References[]

  1. Two Fronts, pgs 275-278, HC.
  2. Ibid., pgs. 279-282.
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