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Smallpox can go anywhere in your body. Which includes ears, tounge, toes, and eyes. Think about it. It starts to raise into a bump, then there is a bead that rises under neath to make it hard, then is bursts open, expelling blood and pus,then it scabs over. Think about that happenening to your eyes. Why wouldn't you go blind is the answer.

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