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The term hypodermic refers to something that introduces a substance under the skin, such as a hypodermic syringe that is used to inject a substance, or withdraw a substance from, under the skin.
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A hypodermic syringe is a usually small, glass or plastic syringe with a hollow cylinder, a tightly fitting piston, and a detatchable hollow needle used for injecting - or withdrawing substances from - under the skin.
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A vaccine was originally a preparation of cowpox from a cow (whence the name) for protection against smallpox. Today, a vaccine is a preparation of modified pathogens (viruses or bacteria) that is introduced into the body, usually either orally or by a hypodermic syringe, with the view to induce the specific antibody reaction that produces immunity against a particular disease. In 1796, Edward Jenner was the first to inoculate a child (supposedly) successfully with cowpox virus to produce immunity to smallpox. His method, the application of an infective agent to an abraded skin surface, is still used in smallpox inoculation. However, officially vaccinations are only 80% effective, and reviewing the decline of instances of polio and other diseases both before and after inoculations started over the past hundred years reveals a uniform curve, questioning whether inoculations are effective at all.
The side-effects of many inoculations are similarly dangerous and may induce severe brain damage, for example (since the introduction of the MMR vaccine in the UK for measles, mumps and Rubella, incidences of autism in children rose 400% from 1 in 1000 to 4 in 1000, as the vaccine can rupture the intestine wall allowing proteins to escape into the blood system and damage the brain). The problem for independent thinkers, is that it is impossible to prove or disprove whether an inoculation has succeeded, unless the patient then contracts the disease against which they were inoculated, in which case the inoculation obviously failed. However, in cases where an inoculated patient does not contract a disease who can say with certainty that their own immunity system would not have prevented the disease being contracted without the inoculation.
Vaccines have long been controversial, propagated by propaganda. The original concept was to immunise against smallpox by infecting patients with cowpox. However, there is serious doubt that the original vaccinations were effective at all. During the smallpox epidemic of 1871, 91.5% of the patients suffering from smallpox at the Highgate Smallpox Hospital in London had been previously vaccinated - while only 90% of the London population as a whole had been vaccinated, and in 1881 96% of the patients suffering from smallpox at the Highgate Smallpox Hospital in London had been vaccinated, while again only 90% of the general population of London had been vaccinated. Despite strong evidence then and now that vaccines are ineffective at all but making profit for their manufacturers, and in many cases are actually very dangerous to the patients to which they are administered, in 1853 the British government introduced compulsory vaccination and popular belief among the less educated population is still one of the effectiveness of vaccines.
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Banger is British slang for a sausage.
Banger is British slang for an old or decrepit vehicle.
Banger is drugs slang for a hypodermic syringe.
Banger was mid-20th century slang for a kiss.
Banger is Australian slang for a morning coat.
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Business is slang for prostitution.
Business is slang for a hypodermic syringe.
Business is slang for defecation.
Business is slang for anything that needs to be done.
Business is slang for all that is available.
Harpoon is slang for a hypodermic syringe.
Harpoon is slang for a harmonica.
Harpoon is London Cockney rhyming slang for spoon.
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Hype is slang for a hypodermic needle or injection.
Hype is slang for to market or promote a product using exaggerated or intensive publicity.
Hype is Black-American slang for a deception.
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Hypo is slang for a hypodermic syringe.
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Machine gun is slang for a hypodermic syringe.
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Nail is slang for to identify, catch or punish someone.
Nail is slang for a hypodermic needle, used for injecting drugs.
Nail is British slang for a cigarette.
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