Smallpox

when Joseph Stalin was seven years old he got diagnosed with small pox the disease left his face with scars and left his arm totally deformed.

They did.

It's simply omited in the hate propaganda.

Smallpox was eradicated through the effective Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme, initiated by the World Health Organization. On 26 July 1978, WHO announced the eradication of the smallpox strain Variola Minor. The more deadly strain, Variola Major, had been eradicated several years earlier, in 1975. There remains a stockpile of the virus in storage in 600 frozen vials in Atlanta and Russia. This has been deemed necessary, in case further vaccines are required in the future. This stockpile was supposed to be destroyed on 31 December 1993, but on 23 December 1993, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia reversed their decision, announcing that the remaining virus stockpile would not be destroyed, so as to enable scientists to continue studying the disease.

No. The are different from other pox viruses in that they replicate in the cytoplasm and not the nucleus.

Cherokee, like many other Native American's were susceptible to a variety of diseases carried by people from Europe; the unclean living standards practiced by that society is rife for disease. There has been documented proof that the European Settlers (White Americans) Intentionally spread the most fatal forms of smallpox among the Cherokee by giving them blankets from smallpox hospitals. This fatal form kills in 6 to 16 days with a 90% fatality rate.

Yes, according to CBBC Horrible Histories, she did have smallpox. See the CBBC Horrible Histories website to see more :)

Yes, small pox was around in the 1800's. It is assumed to have been eradicated from the general circulation by the 1900's and exists only in labs for use in research and biological warfare as a containerized weapon of mass destruction.

There is debate as to whether the lab stockpile should be destroyed completely to eradicate the disease, but others say that if it is destroyed and the disease somehow pops up again, we won't have the benefit of ongoing research that would help us deal with another outbreak. Also it would be hard to ensure that all countries would actually destroy it and not save it for use as a weapon.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties in ancient China, physicians practiced the smallpox vaccine throught the inocculation method.

The first known cases of smallpox go back to 1350 BC and the disease has been known for a very long time. Dr. Campbell identified how smallpox is spread. Edward Jenner is credited with developing the smallpox vaccine in 1796.

No, Cornwallis sent men with smallpox into American lines to make the sick, during the battle of Yorktown.

There are quite a few ways to become immune to smallpox. One way is that you can be infected with the disease Cowpox. Which is not deadly in anyway but is a disease nobody wants to have. Another way is, you can infect your self with smallpox and give yourself a mild case of it. It is proven that once you had smallpox and you survived you never get it again, by infecting yourself mildly you can become immune to it.

Correction mild case of smallpox is cowpox if u become infected with cowpox u become immune to smallpox and cowpox for the rest of your life it is like a vaccination but instead of being shot with it u actually become sick but once you get over it your completely immune to it or any other more serious case of the illness.

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No one actually knows! Thousands of people died! You can't guess, cause every second people are dieing in Canada and other places.......I don't want people to die! But it is like that.

what is the name of the vaccine for small pox

No. After you get a disease like smallpox, your body is able to develop permanent defenses against it. This makes you "Immune" to the disease. This is the principle on which vaccines work.

Smallpox first appeared in Australia in 1789. It is believed to have killed over half of the Aboriginal population in the Sydney area.

direct contact with sick person or with infected blankets etc

It was in 1875 when a man of Oliver Winston got it on his whole body claiming his life within 2 days. It was in 1875 when a man of Oliver Winston got it on his whole body claiming his life within 2 days.

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The smallpox virus is said to have emerged about 10 thousand years BC. The virus' genes suggest that it was once a rodent virus that made its trans-species jump into humans in one of the early agricultural river valleys. Smallpox is thought to have rooted itself early in people living in the river valleys of China. The first clear description of smallpox (by the great Chinese medical doctor Ko Hung) appeared in a Chinese medical text in the fourth century AD. The disease had such a profound effect on human culture that there were deities created in its honor. The Chinese worshiped a goddess of smallpox named T'ou Shen Niang-Niang, who could cure the disease. Like the Chinese with their smallpox goddess, the Hindu religion also has a goddess of smallpox, named Shitala Ma. Mankind has dealt with smallpox throughout our historical record, affecting populations around the globe. The role of this one disease in mankind's history is profound. World history could have been greatly changed had smallpox not been a part of it. Smallpox decimated the Ethiopian soldiers in the Elephant war in Mecca 568 AD. Introduced by slaves carried by Spanish explorers in 1502, smallpox swept through the native populations of the Western Hemisphere, exacting a heavy toll on Amerindian tribes and resulted in the collapse of both the Aztec and Incan empires, enabling European colonization. In 1738, smallpox killed half the Cherokee Indian population. At the end of the 18th century in Europe, an estimated 400 thousand people were dying annually from smallpox.

You can't really compare the two. Smallpox is a specific disease. The black death was an outbreak of an unknown disease during a specific time period of history.

No one is 100% sure what disease caused the black death. Historians believe the black death may have been either bubonic plague or anthrax; but other types of plague may have been the cause.

Either way your question is comparable to asking:

"What is worse: a war or a gun?

The black death being the war, a period of history where plagues were spreading and killing people. The gun being small pox, a specific disease with known causes and treatments.

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If you assume the black death was caused by bubonic plague than you could ask the question:

What is worse bubonic plague or smallpox?

I believe the bubonic plague is worse than smallpox.

Compare:

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Smallpox is spread by close contact (airborne) with already infected people. After a 12 day incubation period the symptoms are extreme forms of viral infections similar to extreme cases of influenza and skin lesions. Or basically a very bad flu or cold along with an extreme version of itchy chicken pox like lesions. Mild cases are about 30% fatal, cases that present with ruptures and hemorrhaging are closer to 100% fatal.

Treatments given within the first few days have a higher chance of working. Treatment given later than that are mostly just to manage symptoms and try to make the patient comfortable while the body tries to fight off the virus.

Patients who survive may be left with scarring from the pox marks that can cover up to 100% of the skin surface.

Preventive vaccinations are nearly 100% effective and have essentially eliminated the disease in the United States and countries where it is readily available.

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Bubonic Plague is spread by fleas and rodents, any infected vermin that bites humans. Symptoms present within 2-5 days of exposure.

The first symptom is painful, swollen lymph glands, called buboes commonly found in the armpits, groin or neck. Due to its bite-based form of infection, BP is often the first step of a series of illnesses. Some of these other illness combination are also very infectious and allow person-to-person spread.

Additional symptoms include : chills, high fever, random muscle pain, severe headaches, seizures, painful swelling, blood vomiting, bloody urination, coughing. As the symptoms progress pain becomes severe as the body is essentially decaying and decomposing while the person is still alive, this results in black dots scattered throughout the body.

Untreated, bubonic plague has a 90% mortality rate. However, if caught in time, modern antibiotics are more than 80% effective, reducing the mortality rate below 20% if treated early enough.

If symptoms have already presented, than some permanent damage to skin and internal organs may remain after treatment.

Bubonic plague is now rare in most developed parts of the world where proper sanitation and pest control are practiced, it is still a problem in poverty stricken areas where fleas and rodents are present.

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Note: this is a very brief summary of these two diseases, you should consult a competent medical text reference for more accurate details.

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