Adrienne+Myers

Reasons why

1) Vaccinations were needed for small pox strongly in the 18th century because the disease killed an estimated 400,000 people in Europe each year. Something needed to be done. 2) Vaccinations were also needed for small pox because small pox were responsible for 1/3 of all blindness. This was a problem because the disease was infecting thousands of people all over Europe. 3) Vaccinations were also needed because small pox were responsible for 8-20% of all deaths in several European countries. 4) Small pox was a killer disease, and infected people became covered in skin sores. When and if a person died (which they usually did) the person would suffer a painful death. 5) Even if a person did recover from small pox their whole body would be covered in terrible scars and poc marks. 6)Vaccinations were also needed in the 18th century because the disease infected the internal organs, & terrible blistering of the skin, and death due to blood poisoning and secondary infections.