August 20, 2021

Harry John L. Zapanta

FCM-2
MED 2

What are the Lessons learned in this story?

I would like to define first smallpox and its background, smallpox is a diseases that is mainly caused by
the Variola virus. This virus is infectious and is also termed as communicable and can basically spread
person to person and may spread to an animal too. However, this virus targets humans and animals are
not viable to catch the smallpox. The lesson I learned in this story is that, way back into their times it
was really a disaster that they faced the smallpox because in lined with the immunologic treatment, the
medical practice and the health care it was really hard to adopt and treat the patients who are infected
for they only have a limited or shall I say the scarcity to attend to the vaccines and on how to fully
eradicate the spread. I think I fully understand on the delay and the years passed that the virus has been
spreading rapidly due to the demand of the vaccines. The vaccination was published or put into setting
at around 1799 and to conduct the mass production was at late 1950s, so I think it was really hard to
putting the state or country to a smallpox free in those times. I have learned how medical technology,
medical informatics, the global health setting and the practice to medicine really empowered the global
health society into the practical setting. I believe that Medicine was also termed as “practice” because
the medical information is always updating or innovating to further improve and work efficient in this
Global health society.

Will CoviD 19 be another story like smallpox?

I think for me, Covid 19 is another story that arrived to us in this modern era. Covid 19 and smallpox in
some ways they are similar, but I have learned that smallpox is one the deadliest virus in human history.
When I was understanding Covid 19, to deliver a vaccine will be a time consuming phase because the
spread of infection is still rapidly increasing and new variants are slowly being discovered and that is why
eradication of this virus is a question to the country and the global health.

How can we end this pandemic?

Is vaccine the solution to Covid 19?

Can we eradicate SARS Cov 2 like smallpox