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Rapid National Response to Smallpox Attack in the United States

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 majsteve 13729 Views

The Issue of Smallpox Disease History Cause and Eradication Smallpox, caused by variola virus, had a mortality rate of 30%, and 65-80% of survivors developed scars. Based on the idea that survivors were resistant to repeat infection, people eventually developed methods of protection, like variolation and vaccination. In the 1900s,

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