https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y 10/23 en-us 2020-10-22 23:30:38 UTC 2026-03-09 23:34:46 UTC hello@padlet.com siefk011 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854507225 The first known smallpox epidemic.

The smallpox epidemic of 1350 BC took place in what is now known as Turkey as well as Northern Africa. The epidemic contributed to the fall of the Hittite civilization. This is the first smallpox epidemic on record.]]> 2020-10-22 23:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854507225 bates345 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854509042 The oldest seen symptoms of smallpox were found on three mummies in Egypt. While we do not know specifically where smallpox came from, the earliest writing about it were found in China in the 4th Century BCE.
https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/history/history.html]]> 2020-10-22 23:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854509042 bates345 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854529275 Inoculation, or the use of purposeful exposure to the smallpox, by putting it in cuts on arms was used as a way to save people. There were earlier practices of this in China, India, and Africa my snorting scabs of those who were infected.]]> 2020-10-22 23:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854529275 siefk011 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854531619 People in China began making a pill that contained the fleas of cows. This would prevent smallpox and is the first known occurrence of oral vaccination. Variolation, however, was practiced long before this. Variolation involves deliberately infecting a person with a mild form of the disease in hopes they will become immune after their sickness, while vaccination is exposing someone to a benign form of a virus in the hopes they will be immune.]]> 2020-10-22 23:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854531619 bates345 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854542776 A country doctor named Edward Jenner from England discovered that one could become immune to smallpox by contracting cowpox. This finding was seconded by his friend and fellow doctor, Henry Cline. By 1801, it was a widely used practice.]]> 2020-10-22 23:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854542776 siefk011 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854551799 Eradication Plan

The WHO came up with a plan to eradicate smallpox around the world. There was insufficient funding and it was not successful at first. ]]> 2020-10-23 00:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854551799 siefk011 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854558589 After eradication efforts around the world, smallpox was ended. Months later, the WHO officially confirmed it had been eradicated. ]]> 2020-10-23 00:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854558589 bates345 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854560554 There were many different treatments tried to cure smallpox before the use of inoculation, all of which were unsuccessful. One of the ones tried by Dr. Sydenham was to keep his patients cold but giving them 12 small beers a day.]]> 2020-10-23 00:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854560554 siefk011 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854571319 A new, properly funded and organized eradication plan was in place. Many countries had to work together and there were many problems that slowed progress. ]]> 2020-10-23 00:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854571319 bates345 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854571476 Small pox, because of its potency, was used by some as a biological weapon. Lord Jeffery Amherst of England would offer smallpox covered blankets to Native Americans to kill them off.]]> 2020-10-23 00:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854571476 siefk011 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854578509 The last naturally occurring smallpox case was found in Somalia. There was another case in 1978 but that was the outcome of a lab accident. ]]> 2020-10-23 00:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854578509 bates345 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854579817 In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to Jenner praising him for his work. By 1810, Denmark and Bavaria made vaccination mandatory.]]> 2020-10-23 00:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854579817 bates345 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854588762 Dr. Jenner found that by using the cowpox as to inoculate patients it seemed to become less potent. He found a method to increase the potency and that was enough to supply the vaccinations.]]> 2020-10-23 00:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854588762 siefk011 https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854598836 Smallpox samples are known to exist in two labs: one in the USA and one in Russia. Smallpox is still considered a threat to public safety and continues to be researched. ]]> 2020-10-23 00:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/siefk011/jed3uc9zhdvoxm9y/wish/854598836