Wikipedia has an entire article on African-American Culture.

African-American culture,[1][2] also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English,[3][4][5][6][7] refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. African-American culture has been influential on American and global worldwide culture as a whole.[8][9][10]

Minor quibble, vaccine protect against more than just viruses. Tetanus, for example, is a bacterial infection and there is a vaccine.

I think your general point stands that preventative medicines of all kinds have high value. From a technical standpoint, they are different types of medication.

Vaccines teach immune systems how to recognize and attack diseases and pathogens. These sorts of medications and treatments directly poison the parasites. They’re similar in effect in that the pets are defended against unwanted aggressors, but differ in the mechanism.