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    With monkeypox in the news, why are people talking about smallpox?

    LOS ANGELES — Why are we talking about smallpox again? The virus is estimated to have killed more than 300 million people in the 20th century. But by 1980, thanks to a successful vaccination campaign, it was eradicated. No one today receives routine childhood vaccinations for smallpox, because you can't catch it anymore. But the disease is back in the public consciousness because of monkeypox. ...
    by Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times Aug 10, 2022 3 minutes
    People line up to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Ted Watkins Park in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — Why are we talking about smallpox again?

    The virus is estimated to have killed more than 300 million people in the 20th century. But by 1980, thanks to a successful vaccination campaign, it was eradicated. No one today receives routine childhood vaccinations for smallpox, because you can't catch it anymore.

    But the disease is back in the public consciousness because of . In fact, monkeypox was discovered during the global smallpox vaccination campaign. And the may have created an

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