Immunization Action Coalition - Smallpox (slide #28)

Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• man has smallpox
• body is covered with sores
• he probably died from the disease

Smallpox
• before 1980, smallpox was a very
serious disease worldwide
• smallpox disease killed and disabled
hundreds of thousands of people
throughout history

Smallpox germ
• does not infect people anymore
• so many people got vaccinated that the
disease disappeared
• thanks to vaccine, nobody gets sick or
dies from smallpox anymore

The disappearance of smallpox shows how vaccinations can be used to get rid of dangerous diseases.