Smallpox is a very deadly disease that most doctors in this day in age have never seen before. The disease had been around for approximately 12,000 years before anyone found a vaccine to prevent it. The terrible virus has excruciating symptoms that usually results in death. Although Smallpox was eradicated from America in 1950, there is still a chance that it could come back if terrorists choose to bring it back.
There are many symptoms of Smallpox that occur over a period of time, but they don’t appear until after the first seven to seventeen days after being infected. Then, in the next seven to seventeen days many flu like symptoms set in, including a fever, tiredness, vomiting, body aches, and headaches. Soon after small red bumps form on …show more content…
Variola has a 30% fatality rate, whereas Hemorrhagic is extremely fatal.(4) The CDC says that Smallpox is spread from only people and not insects or animals so, if there ever was an outbreak it would be easier to control. In the twentieth century there were 29,005 reported cases of death from Smallpox (4). Since then a Vaccination has been made. The last reported case of Smallpox in America was in 1949. Then, in 1950 Smallpox was considered eradicated from the USA. In 1977 a person in Somalia was diagnosed with the last natural case of Smallpox in the world …show more content…
That is the point of vaccinations. Kate Luna state's, “ Vaccination rates are plummeting, leading to a comeback in once-preventable illnesses. Are anxious parents putting everyone at risk?” (1) To answer her question, yes, parents are putting everyone else at risk. Parents are not protecting their children from these diseases, people who vaccinate are. If there were an outbreak of measles any child who was not vaccinated had the potential to get the disease. In 1967, when Smallpox was a major problem around the world, the health care workers decided to do a ring vaccination. A ring vaccination is when anyone thought to be exposed to the disease was vaccinated. This is the reason Smallpox is eradicated. “By 1972 a routine vaccination for children in the US were no longer needed. Then in 1980 the disease was said to be wiped out and no cases of naturally occurring Smallpox have happened since,” say the CDC. Clearly, vaccinations help keep us safe from deadly diseases. In the conclusion, you should wrap everything up, restate your thesis, and NOT bring up any new
There are many symptoms of Smallpox that occur over a period of time, but they don’t appear until after the first seven to seventeen days after being infected. Then, in the next seven to seventeen days many flu like symptoms set in, including a fever, tiredness, vomiting, body aches, and headaches. Soon after small red bumps form on …show more content…
Variola has a 30% fatality rate, whereas Hemorrhagic is extremely fatal.(4) The CDC says that Smallpox is spread from only people and not insects or animals so, if there ever was an outbreak it would be easier to control. In the twentieth century there were 29,005 reported cases of death from Smallpox (4). Since then a Vaccination has been made. The last reported case of Smallpox in America was in 1949. Then, in 1950 Smallpox was considered eradicated from the USA. In 1977 a person in Somalia was diagnosed with the last natural case of Smallpox in the world …show more content…
That is the point of vaccinations. Kate Luna state's, “ Vaccination rates are plummeting, leading to a comeback in once-preventable illnesses. Are anxious parents putting everyone at risk?” (1) To answer her question, yes, parents are putting everyone else at risk. Parents are not protecting their children from these diseases, people who vaccinate are. If there were an outbreak of measles any child who was not vaccinated had the potential to get the disease. In 1967, when Smallpox was a major problem around the world, the health care workers decided to do a ring vaccination. A ring vaccination is when anyone thought to be exposed to the disease was vaccinated. This is the reason Smallpox is eradicated. “By 1972 a routine vaccination for children in the US were no longer needed. Then in 1980 the disease was said to be wiped out and no cases of naturally occurring Smallpox have happened since,” say the CDC. Clearly, vaccinations help keep us safe from deadly diseases. In the conclusion, you should wrap everything up, restate your thesis, and NOT bring up any new