Is smallpox curable??

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How is smallpox treated?There is no known cure for smallpox. Once symptoms develop, treatment consists of giving the person fluids to prevent dehydration and medication to reduce fever and pain.To prevent the spread of the virus, an infected person must be kept away from other people until he or she is no longer contagious.Can smallpox infection be prevented?People who have survived smallpox have a lifelong immunity to the variola virus.When given in advance of exposure, smallpox vaccine-made from the similar but safer vaccinia virus-will likely protect you from smallpox infection for at least 3 to 5 years, but the actual time is unknown. Revaccinating protects for at least 10 to 20 more years.2 Currently, most of the U.S. population has not been vaccinated in the past 10 years and therefore is susceptible to smallpox infection.When given within 3 days of a suspected exposure, the smallpox vaccine can prevent or significantly lessen the severity of smallpox symptoms in most people; vaccination 4 to 7 days after exposure may offer some protection from the disease or may lessen its severity.3 In the past, when a smallpox infection was diagnosed, the spread of infection was best prevented by isolating the infected person. All potentially exposed people were then vaccinated to prevent spread of infection. This practice, called ring vaccination, played a key role in eradicating smallpox.In early 2001, the United States government increased its preparedness for a smallpox outbreak and took steps to expand its vaccine stockpile. Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., vaccine production has increased. The United States has enough smallpox vaccine to vaccinate Americans in an emergency.3

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well there isnt a cure but there a antibotic

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Yes and No.Yes, most smallpox strains are curable AND treatable.However...Some strains have been "weaponized", dormant, or mutated and resist most drugs to cure the disease out right, however most lf the time the symptoms can be treated, but curing depends on the person.Smallpox in it's historically deadliest form which ravaged Europe from 800 AD - 1700 AD, and Native American populations from 1500 - 1900 AD, is dead and gone, the only strain of any disease to be done so. But other strains that were local and/or too deadly to spread efficiently have now been aquired by nations for bio-warfare, or moved about the world as a result of easier and quicker transportation. These are the buggers we are having problems with.

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http://www.smallpox.gov/aboutdisease.htm...

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