Fwd: A Forest Full of Trees - Smallpox

[Guest guest]

I'm not for the smallpox vaccinations--not at this point in time, anyway--but I

do think some of the statements in this post regarding this disease, although

they are made by " authorities, " are way off the mark--especially those that

minimize the contagion possible. I'm currently reading a book about smallpox

called Scourge, a rather dry bit of scientific writing (mostly about how

difficult it was to eradicate the disease on a world-wide basis), and not at all

in the " scare " mode, but it's clear from what I've read there that smallpox is a

highly contagious disease and one that is not easily controlled. And it's

killed more of the human race, in a more gruesome way, than plagues such as the

Black Death ever did.

 

Claire