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The 300-year history of vaccines as app updates:
~1720
v0.1 (beta): Inoculation
Features:
• Grants immunity
• Usually doesn't kill you
Known bugs:
• Mild disease symptoms
• You're still contagious and can start an outbreak
Supported platforms:
• Smallpox
v0.1 (beta): Inoculation
Features:
• Grants immunity
• Usually doesn't kill you
Known bugs:
• Mild disease symptoms
• You're still contagious and can start an outbreak
Supported platforms:
• Smallpox
1796
v1.0: Vaccination! Using new cowpox-based technology
Fixed:
• Doesn't kill you or start outbreaks
• Milder symptoms
Bugs:
• Immunity is temporary (booster shot upgrade packs required)
Supported:
• *Still* only smallpox
v1.0: Vaccination! Using new cowpox-based technology
Fixed:
• Doesn't kill you or start outbreaks
• Milder symptoms
Bugs:
• Immunity is temporary (booster shot upgrade packs required)
Supported:
• *Still* only smallpox
1885
v2.0: Attenuated/inactivated vaccines. Sorry this one took so long, folks! Had to discover microbiology first. Big shout-out to our lead dev, Pasteur.
Features:
• Rabies support! More diseases coming soon
Bugs:
• Can cause disease if attenuation/inactivation goes wrong
v2.0: Attenuated/inactivated vaccines. Sorry this one took so long, folks! Had to discover microbiology first. Big shout-out to our lead dev, Pasteur.
Features:
• Rabies support! More diseases coming soon
Bugs:
• Can cause disease if attenuation/inactivation goes wrong
1896, v2.1: Typhoid & cholera support
1897, v2.2: Plague
1932, v2.3: Diphtheria
1926, v2.4: Pertussis (whooping cough)
1927, v2.5: Tetanus, tuberculosis
1945, v2.6: Influenza
1953, v2.7: Yellow fever
1955, v2.8: Polio
1963, v2.9: Measles
1967, v2.10: Mumps
1969, v2.11: Rubella
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1897, v2.2: Plague
1932, v2.3: Diphtheria
1926, v2.4: Pertussis (whooping cough)
1927, v2.5: Tetanus, tuberculosis
1945, v2.6: Influenza
1953, v2.7: Yellow fever
1955, v2.8: Polio
1963, v2.9: Measles
1967, v2.10: Mumps
1969, v2.11: Rubella
…
1981
v3.0: Subunit vaccines! Next-gen technology uses only a part of the pathogen.
Features:
• Cannot replicate in the body or cause disease
Supported:
• Hepatitis B
• HPV, meningococcal, pneumococcal, and others coming soon
v3.0: Subunit vaccines! Next-gen technology uses only a part of the pathogen.
Features:
• Cannot replicate in the body or cause disease
Supported:
• Hepatitis B
• HPV, meningococcal, pneumococcal, and others coming soon
2020
v4.0: RNA vaccines. Our most advanced vaccine technology yet, featuring personalized and locally-sourced biologics: your own cells produce the antigen!
Supported:
• COVID-19 (private beta)
• Many more sure to come in the future.
v4.0: RNA vaccines. Our most advanced vaccine technology yet, featuring personalized and locally-sourced biologics: your own cells produce the antigen!
Supported:
• COVID-19 (private beta)
• Many more sure to come in the future.
A much more serious and informative version of this at @rootsofprogress: https://rootsofprogress.org/immunization-from-inoculation-to-rna-vaccines
