Talk:Smallpox/Archive 3
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2023 smallpox outbreak in Bihar India
Does anyone know if the outbreak in India is actually smallpox? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/smallpox-spreads-in-bihar-village-help-comes-3-months-late/ar-AA1cOO6g PinkhamND (talk) 08:15, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
- It's monkeypox virus. See [1]. Graham Beards (talk) 09:31, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
- Mpox makes much more sense - Thanks! PinkhamND (talk) 14:12, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Semi-Protected Edit Request on 25 August 2023
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The language applied in the 25 December 2021 page revision altered an image caption from
A person with probable hemorrhagic smallpox. He later died of the disease.
To
Likely hemorrhagic smallpox during a 1925 Milwaukee, Wisconsin epidemic in a patient who later died. Patient described as an unvaccinated Christian Scientist, who "thought that he could by power of mind prevent smallpox."
The description does originate from the image source, but the description is irrelevant to the topic of the article specifically, and noticeably accusatory in comparison to all other images used in the page. Request reversion to previous caption for neutrality and conciseness.
~~~~ Xthorgoldx (talk) 05:38, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- The description is sourced to the image.Graham Beards (talk) 07:02, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- The previous caption was truncated from the image: "A patient likely suffering from hemorrhagic smallpox in a 1925 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, epidemic," listed as the image caption (whereas the Christian Scientist verbiage was the image description). As both descriptors are from the same source, the more tonally-neutral and concise of the two is more appropriate --Xthorgoldx (talk) 18:49, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Done I agree the more concise caption is more appropriate in this context. I know of no policy that requires or suggests using an image's description verbatim from what is on Wikimedia in all cases. So I've boldly made this change. -- Pinchme123 (talk) 01:15, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
Smallpox death toll
Should we add a total death toll of all the humans smallpox has killed throughout all of human history? Romulus Cyrus (talk) 16:52, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
- I say yes! Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 04:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
The risk of death was about 30%, with higher rates among babies?
This is largely speculative, and the sources cited lack substantial evidence to support it. If the mortality rate had been that high before vaccinations, there would have been few surviving infants, given the numerous other diseases that also caused deaths. However, obtaining more accurate numbers is challenging. Hmm.. 130.226.173.81 (talk) 09:38, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2024
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appoval = approval 2603:8000:D300:3650:6C65:54EA:701D:78D (talk) 07:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)