Happy Smallpox Eradication Day!!
Happy Smallpox Eradication Day!!
ottawacitizen.com Briggs and Rutty: Why we should declare a formal 'Smallpox Eradication Day'
In the context of COVID-19's global impact, it is important to remember what was accomplished on Dec. 9, 1979.
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The only disease to be fully eradicated, 5 million people can live every year who otherwise would have died had we not defeated this disease
I shutter to imagine it in today's world of anti-vaxxers
Rinderpest joins the ranks of fully eradicated.
Well thats pretty dope, I had no idea. Thanks for sharing!