A sample of a potential Covid-19 vaccine at a production plant of SinoPharm, in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Language Matters by Lisa Lim

We don’t know how close a coronavirus vaccine is, but where does the word come from?

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The bovine origins of the word come from physician Edward Jenner’s 1796 breakthrough on smallpox
It was Louis Pasteur who proposed generalising it to encompass all protective immunisation procedures

Published: 5:15am, 2 Aug, 2020

Updated: 5:19am, 2 Aug, 2020

A sample of a potential Covid-19 vaccine at a production plant of SinoPharm, in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

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