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[[File:Edward-Jenner-child-smallpox-engraving.jpeg|250px|thumbnail|left|Figure 1. Edward Jenner administering his first vaccine. ]]__NOTOC__
With the recent news of the Covid-19 vaccination, this marked the fastest time between the development and formal acceptance of a vaccine by authorized medical authorities in recent history. However, vaccinations have now been with us for more than 200 years, and ever since the discovery that there were ways to vaccinate against some infectious diseases there have also been some who resisted the idea of being vaccinated.
