Tag: global eradication of smallpox*
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Smallpox and the Cold War
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M100 Creator: Yuan Shang ’21 Health, Behavior & Society and Brain & Cognitive Science Smallpox is a fatal contagious disease caused by Variola major/minor viruses and spread through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath. In the 20th Century alone, more than 300 million people died of Smallpox. Only…