Antidote as opposed to a vaccine ?
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Yes, but if it works, the question of semantics is almost moot. Vaccines result in a person raising their own antibodies to fight off an infection, usually a future infection. Injecting antibodies into an infected person is a treatment. The problem is a vaccine can extinguish an epidemic, treatment doesn't, but both save lives...