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Smallpox epidemic in Moscow #epidemic#moscow#smallpox In 1960, Moscow could have been wiped out by a major smallpox epidemic. The virus was brought by Aleksey Kokorekin, a Soviet artist. He visited India, a country known for an unstable epidemic situation, and took home the carpet belonging to the deceased Brahmin as a souvenir. When he felt sick a few days after arriving home, neither he nor the doctors suspected smallpox. A hospital receptionist was just laughed at for suggesting it. Kokorekin got worse and died a few days later. When other patients at the hospital started having the same symptoms, doctors revisited the smallpox idea only to realise the receptionist was right. They managed to prevent a national tragedy and defeat the virus in just six weeks. Today, such a tragedy is not going to happen. The smallpox virus had been uprooted from the planet in 1980 during a massive smallpox eradication initiative by doctors worldwide. Follow https://t.me/rtdocumentary