During the Brazil Olympics, they found small pox in the sewers.
Some doc friends I drink with say “It is still in the wild, but not much of it”.
An outbreak now would be a slate cleaner.
“An outbreak now would be a slate cleaner.”
Less so if you have that scar on your arm.
Smallpox? Are you sure it wasn't polio?
Sewage is routinely tested for polio. Smallpox was spread by aerosols and contact with contaminated items, so it would have never been tested for in sewage. Smallpox was strictly a human disease, so when it was wiped out, it truly was wiped out. There are other pox diseases that people can catch, but they are not smallpox.