Is it possible to inoculate every person on Earth?

During the whole time of human existence, it is constantly fighting with various viruses. In the 14th century, for example, it was the plague, which claimed lives of one third of the world's population (25 million people at the time). But 100 years ago after the first world war the human species is faced with a new plague — the epidemic of Spanish influenza which developed into a pandemic and claimed the lives of 50 million people. Not to mention the epidemic of smallpox, which happened regularly. Many have a logical question: is it possible to take and to vaccinate the entire population on Earth to avoid epidemics and future pandemics?

Rewind 200 years ago in 1796. It was then made the first inoculation against smallpox, a British physician Edward Jenner, put her eight-year-old boy. The boy tried several times to infect the "cow pox", but I couldn't. Since smallpox vaccination has made millions, but the last case of smallpox was registered in only 1977 in Somalia! Good then smallpox ceased to exist in nature, it is now the samples are stored in several laboratories and all.

The Problem was that the virus not only spread rapidly — it's mutated, and although the disease continued to call with smallpox, she was very different. And vaccinations that are made from smallpox virus earlier, proved ineffective. And besides, no one instilled in every person on the planet: if a major country and city could afford, in Africa and South America about vaccination have not heard for a very long time. And still in many African tribes come volunteer to vaccinate local residents. They go there not only for the sake of helping others: in many ways this is justified by the prevention of the spread of new diseases.

Why vaccinations

In modern conditions to vaccinate the entire population of the planet is simply impossible. It is necessary to find each person in each country, on the island, somewhere else — if you set a goal, achieve it will be possible not earlier than in 200 years, as in the case of a smallpox epidemic. Although mass vaccination is quite effective: in the history of the USSR is an example of when it might have helped to save the whole country.

In 1959 from India arrived in Moscow artist Alexey Kokorekin. And on the second day died. The experienced pathologist concluded that the patient died of smallpox, although at the time it seemed that the disease will not return. In the USSR the disease is vanquished by universal vaccination in 1936. And here — a new case!

Doctors did not panic, and law-enforcement bodies, the KGB quickly began a search of all who had any contact with the artist. KGB, interior Ministry and the Ministry of health was established, and isolated absolutely everyone who somehow crossed paths with the infected. Even things that after a trip the artist was in Commission shops Moscow, was withdrawn, and all the visitors of these stores have installed and placed in quarantine. Needless to say that the observance of quarantine was very strict — the militia were on duty around the clock.

Nobody expected the outbreak of a new smallpox virus in Moscow

At the same time the city administration has decided to close Moscow for the entry and exit to prevent the spread of infection. Sealed off all road, rail and air links. And while some doctors have established contact with the infected, others turned headquarters for urgent vaccination of the population — special planes were brought vaccines from all over the country. Fortunately the virus was not new, and the vaccine has been in the right quantities.

Every week in Moscow went 10 thousand vaccination teams that injections of 1.5 million inhabitants. And soon all 7 million inhabitants of the city were vaccinated.

Only vaccinated to help stop the virus of smallpox in 1959

Vaccination people

Obviously, large-scale vaccination makes sense, this example proves the need for it in case of serious infection. Of course, coronavirus, this practice could not be used — at least because this is a new infection which the vaccine so fast to do.

it looks like the smallpox virus

And what if then, in the Soviet Union, faced with a completely new virus? Now do not know. Most likely, there would be more victims, but at least the quarantine would have been observed much stricter, while physicians have not developed a vaccine. The spread of the virus would be able to locate within one city or region.

The Idea is to instill the population of the world now — not more than a utopia. As a minimum, because in 1960, our planet's population of 3 billion people, and now — more than 7.5 billion. It's not even twice. Plus a lot depends on the residents of a particular country: one would react to the vaccination responsibly, others — allowed to drift. In addition, young parents ignore regularwarning the who about the benefits and necessity of vaccination, and official statistics are treated with special suspicion. They argue that the composition of inoculations can often be detection of dangerous substances, such as mercury. That's only a part of the urban air contains more hazardous substances than in vaccines.

Scientists agree that in order to stop the spread of the same influenza, enough to vaccinate 40% of the population. But even this, in modern conditions is impossible. One thing we do know: evidence-based medicine denies the existence of human "innate immunity" from dangerous infections. It is thanks to vaccination with the first days of life, the Earth's population today is 7.7 billion people. And that's how it will be in 10 years, nobody knows.

Vaccinations could stop a virus, but not all