[TomB]

LOL

Haven't seen too many anti-vaccination threads recently, have we? Although DaRocksMom tried to start one with a story about a soldier having a reaction to the Anthrax vaccine, but there were few takers.

Oh sweet serendipity.

I'm sure you know this, aruanan, and I'm not sure the article covered this, but I try to post this on every smallpox thread I see. The incubation period for smallpox is between 7-17 days (usually 12). After that you have a fever spike with intense and debilitating muscle pain. At this point the patient is usually bedridden, as it is hard to move. Only then, about 2-3 days later does the rash start to appear. And it is only at that time that the person becomes contagious.

This information makes the idea of containment a little easier to understand.

[aruanan]

This information makes the idea of containment a little easier to understand.

This is good to know. With the ease of communication these days, I think it would be much easier to contain. I seem to recall that even after exposure and maybe even after initial signs, a vaccination can have some degree of effectiveness in minimizing the severity of the disease.