Smallpox Research Paper

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Viral infections sweeping the world like the cold and the flu and smallpox can be very bad. The cold is common and treatable but the flu and the swine flu are much worse than the cold. Many people died from it. There was also another disease known as the bird flu. In 2003, 40 people had died from the bird flu. There was also a story where a doctor went to Srisomboon, Thailand, and found out that an 11 year old girl and her mother died from the bird flu The bird flu is one of the deadliest virus today “We dodged a bullet” Dr. Dowell says. “Next time, might not be as lucky”.”(How Bird Flu Goes Viral p257)”

Smallpox killed millions of people back then. It was first known back in 1900 and it came to an end in 1977. First smallpox was known

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