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Were there animal and insect reservoirs for smallpox? How quickly did it mutate relative to SARS-CoV-2? Were the vaccines developed for it sterilizing vaccines,
by AndrewBissell 5y ago
Were there animal and insect reservoirs for smallpox? How quickly did it mutate relative to SARS-CoV-2? Were the vaccines developed for it sterilizing vaccines, or did they allow vaccinated people to continue getting infected in large numbers?
- mikem170 5y agoNo, there were not animal reserves for smallpox. And that makes a huge difference. There are a lot of mammals that can host coronaviruses. We'd have to eliminate it from those animals, also. Things like bats, civits, minks, etc. This is not likely to happen, given the difficulty of inoculating animals.
- xyzzy21 5y agoSmallpox ONLY infected humans. COVID and other coronaviruses infecting dozens of animals. And genetically they are as different as a worm is to a human.