0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Did people who caught smallpox always die?
No. Prior to modern medicine smallpox killed about one third of its victims.
How many people died due to smallpox in the 16Th century?
40% of the victims died
Why haven't they used biological warfare in the past?
Oh but they did:In the middle ages bodies of plague victims were dumped into enemy's water wells. Also the bodies of plague, smallpox and other disease victims were thrown over city walls with trebuchets and catapults.In American colonial times blankets used by smallpox victims were often given to Indians.
How do you prevent getting smallpox?
You cut the blisters of other small pox victims and grind it to a fine powder and snort them. This will prevent you from being infected with only a small chance of you getting it. Btw Smallpox is extremely hard to get now adays
Why was Jenner's vaccine superior than other methods for conferring resistance to smallpox?
Jenner's method of using cowpox infection to confer immunity to smallpox was superior to earlier methods because it carried a significantly lowered risk of serious disease. The earlier method of using material from lesions of smallpox victims conferred immunity but at the risk of acquiring the potentially lethal disease.
Is smallpox is a fast or slow death?
Death from smallpox was iffy, and slow. There were two different strains of smallpox, one causing about 1% fatalities, the other about 30%. The disease caused scarring of the skin and blindness in many of it's victims, and death may occur as a result of secondary infection. In 1979, the World Health Organization announced that smallpox had been eradicated from the planet through a program of vaccination. There have been no cases since then, and it is the only disease that has been eradicated.
Why in ring around the rosy ever one falls down?
because the song is really about death..... ashes, ashes we all fall down!!! "Ring around the rosy" refers to the pock marks that appear on the skin of smallpox victims: a red spot with a ring around it. During the epidemics that occurred more than one hundred years ago, virtually all smallpox victims died and "all fall down."
Are Scam Victims being compensated?
No. Scam victims can always explain to the bank and normal banks will dispute the charges and maybe refund you 50% of what the stealer took.
What common victims that small pox preys upon?
Anyone and everyone who comes into contact with smallpox is at risk unless they have immunity to the illness. The good news is that smallpox has virtually been eliminated due to widespread use of vaccinations. Vaccinations worked so well that they are no longer needed.
How can people get small pox?
These days, smallpox exists only in a few dedicated research laboratories in the United States and Russia, and a couple of other places. "In the wild", smallpox is extinct, the first major worldwide disease to be eliminated. Before about 1900, smallpox could be easily transmitted by casual contact; breathing the same air, sharing the same blankets, or by touch. It was wildly virulent and quite deadly to its victims. In pre-1400s Europe, smallpox was a serious disease, but most people had developed at least a little resistance because of repeated contact. When Europeans began to travel the world, smallpox traveled with them. Smallpox had never existed in the Americas or in much of Asia, and the arrival of smallpox was deadly to large numbers of people, who had no resistance to it.
Why is it important for people who are victims of such human injustices to record their experiences?
its not
Is it important to remember the victims of holocaust or just to know about what hppened?
Most of us are too young to remember the victims, all that we can do is learn about what happened.
