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Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial. "Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors." //Smallpox //. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 22 Aug. 2012. .


 * 1) Smallpox was a disease that ran through the world at one point and killed many people left and right.
 * 2) It spread when people coughed or sneezed, the small saliva droplets finding their way to the next person.
 * 3) The disease was considered completely gone when scabs from the rashes fell off.
 * 4) Vaccinations for the disease were stopped giving out in 1972. The World Health Organization advised other countries to stop giving it out by 1980.
 * 5) There are two different versions: Valiola Minor being the lesser deadly and Variola Major being the life threatening one if not treated.
 * 6) Massive program by the WHO wiped out the disease completely.
 * 7) They kept a few samples of the disease for government research, even though some wanted to terminate it.
 * 8) You could get it nowadays if you work in a lab with the disease, or are somewhere where its used as a weapon.
 * 9) It's still a thought that the disease could be used in a terrorist attack against us.
 * 10) Few of the symptoms include diarrhea, delirium, high fever, vomiting, and raised pink rashes that turn into sores and get crusty around day nine.
 * 11) If vaccination is given one to four days after the disease is caught, the disease will be nullified of weakened.
 * 12) If a vaccination to a disease similar to this is taken, it might help shorten the duration of the smallpox.
 * 13) Isolation is majorly recommended to anyone who has caught the disease or anyone around them.
 * 14) Risk of death was as high as 30%
 * 15) Vaccinations have stopped being given to the general public since the disease was terminated.

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