Victory of socialism over smallpox On October 26, 1978, the World Health Organization announced the complete elimination of the smallpox virus in nature. It was one of the deadliest infectious diseases, disfiguring those who survived it with facial scars for the rest of their lives. In an epidemic of the late 19th century, smallpox claimed the lives of 500,000 people. Such a result was achieved thanks to the mass vaccination that was deployed around the world. The initiative of the world program back in 1958 was the Soviet Union. Billions of vaccine doses have been produced and delivered through the United Nations to people living in the most remote corners of the planet. Naturally, distrust, lack of education and prejudice had to be overcome. The Soviet epidemiologist Vladimir Fedorov, who in the 1970s headed the program to eradicate smallpox in Afghanistan, recalled: "Mass vaccination in Afghanistan required in many respects an individual approach and was carried out from house to house. Many of these homes confirmed the well-known saying "My home is my fortress". Obtaining consent to vaccination generally required a gentle and patient explanation of the harmlessness and importance of the smallpox vaccine. In order to perform the measurement, it was necessary to obtain the permission of the village elder and the mullah." Mankind's victory over smallpox is an undeniable step of progress that has kept the lives of hundreds of millions of people alive today. This was made possible thanks to socialism, whose guiding principle is concern for the individual regardless of nationality or religious confession. In the future, humanity will have to defeat cancer, neuropsychiatric diseases and also aging - all this will only be possible under socialism. This is the future. Winter Moscow network center.

Victory of socialism over smallpox On October 26, 1978, the World Health Organization announced the complete elimination of the smallpox virus in nature. It was one of the deadliest infectious diseases, disfiguring those who survived it with facial scars for the rest of their lives. In an epidemic of the late 19th century, smallpox claimed the lives of 500,000 people. Such a result was achieved thanks to the mass vaccination that was deployed around the world. The initiative of the world program back in 1958 was the Soviet Union. Billions of vaccine doses have been produced and delivered through the United Nations to people living in the most remote corners of the planet. Naturally, distrust, lack of education and prejudice had to be overcome. The Soviet epidemiologist Vladimir Fedorov, who in the 1970s headed the program to eradicate smallpox in Afghanistan, recalled: "Mass vaccination in Afghanistan required in many respects an individual approach and was carried out from house to house. Many of these homes confirmed the well-known saying "My home is my fortress". Obtaining consent to vaccination generally required a gentle and patient explanation of the harmlessness and importance of the smallpox vaccine. In order to perform the measurement, it was necessary to obtain the permission of the village elder and the mullah." Mankind's victory over smallpox is an undeniable step of progress that has kept the lives of hundreds of millions of people alive today. This was made possible thanks to socialism, whose guiding principle is concern for the individual regardless of nationality or religious confession. In the future, humanity will have to defeat cancer, neuropsychiatric diseases and also aging - all this will only be possible under socialism. This is the future. Winter Moscow network center.