It has been both over the course of its history. It was a pandemic in 1870 when it infected most of the United Kingdom. It has been an apidemic several times when it hit smaller communities particularly hard.
The chances of getting smallpox is very small.
the epidemic that killed many aztecs was smallpox
Smallpox was an epidemic during the American Revolution
The Boston Smallpox Epidemic
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The smallpox epidemic decimated the Pueblo population in the 1600s. This epidemic, along with other factors, such as Spanish colonization and suppression of indigenous cultures, contributed to the decline of the Pueblo people during this time.
When you hear the word 'Epidemic' usually it's referring to a disease, but an epidemic isn't always a disease. Poverty, for example, could be considered an epidemic, and it is not a disease, unlike the Spanish Flu or Smallpox.
North American smallpox epidemic and the 1837 Great Plains smallpox
Robert E. McKechnie has written: 'Notes on a recent epidemic of small-pox' -- subject(s): Smallpox 'Notes on a recent epidemic of small-pox' -- subject(s): Variole, Smallpox
The spread of epidemic diseases- smallpox,bubonic plagueYOU'REWELCOME!
A deadly smallpox epidemic. The bloody island massacre.
Yes. Smallpox-bearing blankets were distributed by English soldiers to Native Americans during the colonial era. The result was an epidemic.