can u still get small pox and what will cause it

Question: can u still get small pox and what will cause it
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  small pox
Asked by pinapple12 to Rob on 14 Jun 2016.
- Rob Stanley answered on 14 Jun 2016:
  
  Small pox (which was caused by a virus) has been wiped out as of 1979, and so you can’t get ill from it anymore. Wiping it out was one of the most important medical events of the 1900s, and it took lots of coordination from various organisations and governments.

Question: can u still get small pox and what will cause it