Dramatic Quote by Bill Gates

Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.

— Larry Brilliant

“One of the medical profession's greatest boasts is that it eradicated smallpox through the use of the smallpox vaccine. I myself believed this claim…

— Anonymous

In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every…

— Liya Kebede

We have completely eradicated smallpox; we have almost eradicated polio. That's the miracle of vaccines, which is even greater than that of antibiotics.

— Bill Gates

“no smallpox vaccinations have been given worldwide since 1980, and in some countries like the USA, since the 1960s.”

— Michael B.A. Oldstone

Smallpox, which spreads by respiration and kills roughly one in three of those infected, took hundreds of millions of lives during a recorded history…

— Barton Gellman

In 1980 we declared the globe free of smallpox. It was the largest campaign in United Nations history until the Iraq war. A hundred…

— Larry Brilliant

“Doctors generally consider smallpox to be the worst human disease. It is thought to have killed more people than any other infectious pathogen, including…

— Richard Preston

With nuclear weapons, you'd think you would probably stop after killing 100million. Smallpox won't stop. Because the population is naïve, and there are no…

— Bill Gates

While the vaccine discovery was progressive, the joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from…

— Edward Jenner

“There is no question but that perfect sanitation has almost obliteraed this disease, smallpox, and sooner or later, will dispose of it entirely. Of…

— John Tilden M.D

I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there…

— Edward Jenner