You are absolutely right! The only defense against smallpox, other than vaccination, is isolation. Think: Quarantine.
But, remember, you have to isolate EVERYONE in your household until the vaccinations are made available. The previously vaccinated members of the family could still bring the virus home on their clothing, etc. and infect your daughter. No work, no visitors, no mail, no new supplies (food, water). Nothing comes in from outside the home. No contact with the outside world whatsoever.
It would only be for a few days at most and the only sure way to keep your daughter safe.
I'm a nurse, with an unvaccinated son, and this is exactly what I intend to do if a smallpox outbreak occurs in my area.
You are absolutely right! The only defense against smallpox, other than vaccination, is isolation. Think: Quarantine.
But, remember, you have to isolate EVERYONE in your household until the vaccinations are made available. The previously vaccinated members of the family could still bring the virus home on their clothing, etc. and infect your daughter. No work, no visitors, no mail, no new supplies (food, water). Nothing comes in from outside the home. No contact with the outside world whatsoever.
It would only be for a few days at most and the only sure way to keep your daughter safe.
I'm a nurse, with an unvaccinated son, and this is exactly what I intend to do if a smallpox outbreak occurs in my area.
Congratulations! You've figured it out. Most people have no idea WHY anyone would want to have a few days of food, water, etc. stored at home. A bunch of kooks, they tell us.
The big problem, however, is this: How are we going to know soon enough that there is a smallpox outbreak so that this can become a reliable strategy? The problem is that the public health authorities are unlikely to know for sure until quite a few people have already become infected, and there will be unidientified contageous people out there continuing to infect others even after they have made a firm diagnosis. There is also no certainty that the government is going to be quick to announce this. They will know that most people will be as underprepared as the government itself, and will be greatly concerned about mass panic. Also, while YOU will want to be hidden away out of infection's range, THEY will want you to be at work, preferably oblivious to the danger, at least until they have gotten their own ducks in a row (and their own and their own kids behinds vaccinated).