Vaccine
Question: How does the vaccine for smallpox work?

Answer: By establishing your immune system with antibodies to smallpox, thus preventing subsequent infection. It is as if you have had smallpox although you have not had the disease.

General Information
Question: What bodies system(s) does the disease effect? Is this a communicable or non-communicable disease? What are the prevention�s you can take to avoid contacting the disease (preventative medicine)? When was the last time a person got Small Pox and died? How do people get this disease?

Answer: Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide. It only exists in a couple of research labs(although I'm sure some defense agency has it squirreled away). The last reported case was in Africa about 5-6 years ago. You do not need to take any precautions since it does not exist(in the wild). Small pox is a virus that is transmitted in person to person contact.
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