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When British doctor Edward Jenner noticed that milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox could not get smallpox, he used cowpox to create a smallpox vaccine. This caused a strong public backlash.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), even the medical fraternity then, circa 1796, called the vaccine ‘a ridiculous idea’, with a rumour circulating that the vaccine would turn people into cows.
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