MSNBCW The Rachel Maddow Show December 31, 2020
City hotel. He died in a new york City Hospital about a week later. It would take a while until doctors knew for sure, but the businessman had died of smallpox. And by the time they figured it out, it was too late. The virus was out. One by one, people sick with high fevers and strange rashes started turning up at new york City Hospitals. Smallpox is a devastating disease. About 30 of the people who contract smallpox will die. For the ones who survive, they are often left with permanent scars. Some go blind, and it spreads like wildfire. Its a highly contagious, highly communicable illness. Bu...