Smallpox+-+Prevention

The Smallpox vaccine is the only known way to prevent smallpox. In the case that you would get smallpox you would have to get the vaccine as soon as you get it and then there might be a slight chance that you can stop it in time before you die.Getting a shot 4 to 7 days after you get exposed may also help. The vaccinia virus does NOT cause smallpox illness.
 * How can Smallpox be prevented? **

Smallpox vaccine is related to heart disease (e.g. heart attack, etc.). The Smallpox vaccine is not given with a hypodermic needle, it in fact is a shot that most people have not experienced. The vaccine is given by a bifurcated needle (two-pronged) that is dipped in the vaccine solution. The needle will retain a droplet of the vaccine and the need the needled is used to prick the skin a number of times in a few seconds. If the vaccine is successful, an itchy red bump will form at the site you got stabbed in 3 to 4 days. In the first week, the bump will become a blister filled with pus. During the second week, the blister will begin to dry up and a scab will form. This is the process an actual smallpox victim will go through, except the bumps develop all over the victims body while the vaccinated person will only form one bump.   __How is Smallpox transmitted?__ Smallpox is spread by:

1) Face-to-Face contact with someone whose has smallpox. 2) Direct contact with infected bodily fluids or an object such as bedding or clothing that has the virus on it. 3) Exposure to smallpox virus through the air.

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