Sunday, April 19, 2009

Smallpox Eradication: A Milestone in Modern Medicine

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/smallpox-images/smallpox1.htm

  • Previous to the mass vaccination campaign, smallpox had been causing epidemics for over 3,000 years. Many well known historical figures have died from smallpox.
  • Kills 1 in 4, can cause blindness and scarring in survivors.
  • It has two fatal forms: hemorrhagic which causes hemorrhage in the skin, and malignant which causes lesions that do not develop into pustules and remain soft and flat.
  • Spreads by air droplets or contact with infected clothing or bedding.
  • In the 1950's, 50 million cases of smallpox existed. The figure fell to 10-15 million in 1967 after the introduction of the vaccine.
  • Vaccine administration:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/smallpox/en/
  • There are some potential serious side effects including eczema and encephalitis which can result in death. However, a study was done using 14 million vaccinated people and only 9 deaths occured.
  • In 1967 WHO launched a global eradication campaign and the last natural case of smallpox was in 1977. The disease was declared eradicated in 1980.
This is an excellent example of how effective vaccines are and why we should continue to use them. I posted this in case anyone wanted to use it as evidence when making their ethical arguments. I think that because this happened over 30 years ago, people are starting to forget about the smallpox vaccine and its importance. It is now on the list as a potential biological warfare weapon because millions of people have never been vaccinated against it or may no longer be protected from it.

Source: WHO
Pictures: CDC, WHO

4 comments:

  1. I know that when the smallpox epidemic hit the supreme court ruled to make it mandatory all children get it. Knowing now that it did nearly eradicate the disease should all vaccines be mandated?

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  2. I'm not sure, I know that smallpox was a good target for eradication because it is really easy to spot (no pun intended) the people who have it. The problem with a lot of disease is that they have non human reservoirs (i.e. rabies, influenza, malaria), which makes it really difficult to eradicate.

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