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In 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation declared that "the world and its peoples have won freedom from smallpox." Through decades of intense vaccination, this once fatal disease had been wiped out. It was a singular victory and having won it, countries around the world discontinued the vaccination programmes. After all, why protect against a disease that no longer exists (save in a few isolated stocks)?
Ending Smallpox Vaccinations May Have Opened the Door for Monkeypox
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