Small Pox

Question: Does herpes gladitorium and small pox have any common ground? My son has herpes gladitorium. He hasn't had a breakout for several (3) years, until he entered the military. After a year he got a small pox vaccine and has had two breakouts within 6 weeks of each other.

Answer: Herpes Gladitorum is caused by the herpes simplex 1 virus. It may be because he had just had a smallpox vaccination that it surfaced due to his body dealing with the new virus(Smallpox) Herpes simplex tends to surface when the body is under stress and run down but the two are unconnected.

Question: What people were given blankets infected with small pox and by who? Blankets purposely infected with the small pox virus were as given to people to kill them who were these people and who gave the infected blankets to them and why?

Answer: Well it has been alleged either the US government or American civilians gave it to various indigenous people of the American Southwest in an effort to defeat them. No idea if there is any validity. But in most wars people generally will try anything they can think of to win.

Question: How to reduce small pox spots from the face? Actually,i was suffered from small pox due to which i am having little black spots on the face...which is looking too worst. plz help

Answer: Daks ! Make a paste with some sandalwood powder and rose-water. Add 2-4 drops of lime juice to it. Apply this paste on your face and neck and let it dry completely. After that, rinse your face with cool water and wipe off the paste with cotton wool. Do this on a regular basis (twice a week) to get good results. http://www.acnecureinformation.com

Question: Should extremely deadly viruses like small pox be kept captive, or destroyed forever and left extinct? Small Pox killed millions when it had a huge outbreak, but no need to woryy, it is being held in a top security facility in Russia and the Us, but could that be a problem to get in the wrong hands?

Answer: Of course, but then a lot of things can be misused in the wrong hands. The small pox strain being held in deep freeze security unfortunately needs to be preserved exactly for that reason. Small pox doesn't exist in the wild, humans are the only reservoirs- which is how they were able to eliminate it through the vaccination campaigns. But should the wrong hands ever happen to actually develop a dangerous altered strain, we'd need them to develop the vaccines for those currently with no immunity at all. The best defense for most of the world would depend on that, and if we destroyed those stores we would not have the ability. And there is always a slim chance that we haven't actually totally eliminated it, and it could lay lurking frozen up in an ice cube somewhere in Antarctica. As long as it stays frozen, we haven't got a problem- but if global warming ever thaws it out we could face an epidemic. Then again, the frozen stores would literally save our human buns. So yes, there is the risk- and that's exactly why we need to preserve the virus.

Question: Why did i get a small pox vacination? The official story according to the WHO is that small pox has been completely eradicated and only exists in two secure labs in Russia and the USA. So the question i have is why does the military feel it necessary to vaccinate me against smallpox? I'm not saying i refused the vaccination i got it a year ago i'm just wondering why i have a scar on my arm to prevent a supposedly eradicated disease. I'm wondering does the military know something that i don't know or is some senator getting a kickback from a drug company that wants to sell tons of vaccine.

Answer: Some of the smallpox cultures from the Soviet Union are unaccounted for after the government collapsed in 1989. There is no way of knowing if the cultures were sold on the black market, if they were destroyed, or if there was an error in the records. By giving soldiers vaccines, the the military is being paranoid or cautious, depending on how you look at it.

Question: Was the vaccine to prevent Small pox created by William Harvey? This was the frist vaccine created to Prevent Small Pox.

Answer: He got the idea from African people who had treated smallpox by innoculation.

Question: Could archaeologists cause a small pox epidemic? Mummy w/small pox lesions comes in contact w/archaeologist Jones.... What is the chance that the pox is still infectious after all these years & infects Jones & then Jones infects everyone he comes in contact with?

Answer: In theory I suppose they could. Incidentally, the previous answerer said we are all vaccinated against smallpox. I believe (in the UK anyway) they stopped that years ago because Smallpox had been eradicated worldwide.

Question: Possible to get sick from someone who has small pox vaccine? A family friend is going overseas and will be getting the small pox vaccine. I have never been vaccinated for small pox what are the chances of me becoming ill by being in close quarters to this person very soon after he is given the shot?

Answer: Greetings, I was intending to answer this question, but I cannot improve upon this article from the CDC, which answers your query directly: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/close-contacts.asp

Question: small pox? Desease

Answer: What do you want to know about it? It was eradicated in the 70s, the ONLY known sample, which was supposed to be at the CDC in Atlanta has disappeared, unaccounted for. If you have gotten "cow pox" from milking cows you are not likely to get sick from small pox.

Question: When was the last case of small pox noted in the US? My daughter is learning about small pox in school and is terrified that she may get them if she's not immunized. I keep telling her she needant be worried, but to help put her more at ease, how rare is it to get these days, etc.?

Answer: http://dermatology.about.com/cs/smallpox/a/smallpoxhx.htm The last outbreak of smallpox in the United States occurred in Texas in 1949 with 8 cases and 1 death. The above website has lots more information.

Question: What are the odds of small pox ever truly being eradicated.? I just read a book about small pox and how years after its "eradication" they found someones arm stored in a bin with small pox pustules all over it. What are the odds that it could come back into the human population. The book is called the Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston.

Answer: Small pox will never ever ever ever ever be truly eradicated its too much of a good weapon

Question: How to make small red bump which is left by varicella / small pox / chicken pox disappear quickly? I already 25 years old and i suffer from that disease a month ago. Now i have recovered but it left many small red dot like acne in my face, body, back,leg 's skin how to make it disappear??

Answer: cocoa butter will help to not make scars, but im sry you have to wait it out, its hard, but it'll get better, im sry, but im glad your better teehee

Question: what are thge symptoms of chicken pox?and whats the difference between chicken pox and small pox? I also like to know how they are contracted.I'm not sure if i ever had them as a kid.Right now i'm having these spots that are spaced like two inches apart on my left arm,it has some yellowy stuff inside and when i burst them it becomes sore and itchy.I seem to be getting them all over my body in bits.Could i be coming down with chicken pox?At the moment i feel very well and i noticed this thing like 2 or 3 weeks ago.

Answer: Chickenpox (varicella), a viral illness characterized by a very itchy red rash The onset of symptoms is seven to 21 days after exposure. The disease is most contagious a day before the rash appears and up to seven days after, or until the rash forms scabs. Chickenpox appears as a very itchy rash that spreads from the torso to the neck, face, and limbs. Lasting seven to 10 days, the rash progresses from red bumps to fluid-filled blisters (vesicles) that drain and scab over. Vesicles may also appear in the mouth, around the eyes, or on the genitals and can be very painful. Smallpox (also called variola) is the only disease that has been completely wiped out throughout the world. check the websites below

Question: Were typhoid or small pox contaminated blankets given to Australian Aborigines? Can any one tell me what colour blankets were given to Aboriginal people in the 17 th century? What colour were the blankets issued to australian Aboriginal people in the 17th century?

Answer: No! That is one of those ridiculous myths that circulate from time to time. No idea what colour the blankets they were given actually were either...why does it matter?

Question: Can a person refuse a vaccine for small pox? Can someone legally refuse the vaccine? Does the CDC have the right to force people to get it? If someone is found to carry the virus, does the CDC release that persons name? I know that the small pox has been eradicated, I am doing research for a paper and some websites with the information would be greatly appreciated. Like sites where the laws are listed to deal with this type of thing.

Answer: You can refuse but they can get a court order saying you are in danger to yourself and to the people you will infect or You can die

Question: Vaccinations: If small pox is eradicated then where & how are they making,,,? vaccinations for the military & others. There are two depositories of frozen small pox in the world. Are they making vaccinations from the depositories? What if the supply runs out? Then what? Where & how are vaccinations made for an eradicated disease?

Answer: The FDA approved a new vaccine to counter bioterrorist attacks: It's included in the CDC's Strategic National Stockpile of medical supplies. http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/… http://www.bt.cdc.gov/stockpile/