Smallpox By olivia

Smallpox is one of the most feared viruses that killed millions of people all over the world.

It's the first and only disease to be eradicated from humans.

The rash shows up 3 days are receiving smallpox but the fever and aches begin 10-12 days after.

The first vaccine was created in 1796 by the physician Edward Jenner. Fun fact he's related to Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

Symptoms of smallpox are rash that resembled pimples l that spread from the head to the rest of the body, after a couple days.

Smallpox impacted weapons by bieng used as a biological weapon by British forces in North America during the French and Indian wars. The British distributed blankets that had been used by smallpox victims to cause outbreaks among Indians.

Smallpox impacted the population by killing 30 percent of its victims and being a highly contagious disease which killed millions of people.

. Smallpox is curred all over the world and is no longer a threat to people because of its vaccine

Sources: Inglesby, Thomas V. "Smallpox." World Book Student, World Book, 2017, worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar515020. Accessed 21 Apr. 2017.https://www.britannica.com/science/smallpo

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