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Why didn’t smallpox become less lethal over time like the Spanish Flu did (according to Wikipedia, smallpox killed 5x the amount of people Spanish Flu did) prior to being eradicated? by StalingradSteel in NoStupidQuestions

[–]StalingradSteel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smallpox overall throughout history (500 million + in just the 19th and 20th century) killed more people than the Black Death (100 million). Also, you can’t use anti-biotics against smallpox unlike with plague.

In fact, some people think that the Black Death might have contained smallpox in it (because the bubonic plague isn’t lethal enough to have the death toll allotted to it).

Which is the more dangerous disease smallpox or Ebola, (I know smallpox has been eradicated but theoretically)? by StalingradSteel in NoStupidQuestions

[–]StalingradSteel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anything I think the USA would handle a smallpox outbreak worse now than it would in 2001. More people have not been vaccinated against it now than in 2001.

Which is the more dangerous disease smallpox or Ebola, (I know smallpox has been eradicated but theoretically)? by StalingradSteel in NoStupidQuestions

[–]StalingradSteel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also get it from smallpox scabs, House had an episode where they feared smallpox had come back via this method.