The Smallpox Virus

Alex Ostrovsky11/18/03
SMALLPOX
When you hear the word Smallpox, what comes to mind? You may know it's a disease, but what kind of a disease? Is it a version of Chicken pox? Does it just go away by itself or do you die from it? To begin to answer some of these questions we have to start from the beginning. One interesting thing about Smallpox is that nobody knows where it originated. Smallpox might have started in Africa or in Asia. Even though we are uncertain of its origins, we do know that this virus killed millions of people around the world. …