Right, so although Janet Parker had been vaccinated against smallpox in 1966, she was infected in the Birmingham University outbreak of 1978 because the vaccination is only good for about 10 years.
By the way, kudos to the unnamed doctor called by Ms Parker's parents, who on August 24 1978 realised that she was suffering from smallpox even though it was a very unlikely diagnosis at that point in time, the last British outbreak having been in 1966. (I'd like to know a bit more about this previous outbreak - the writer of this article seems to know more than he's saying).
By the way, don't do an image search for 'smallpox lesions'. Though if you do, it will teach you why so much effort was put into eradicating the disease. (Though the US have nobly retained their stocks, for research and definitely not for use against 'enemies of freedom', that is right out, they deny that absolutely.)
Anti-nuisance lawsuit warning: The purpose of these notes is to remind me, Zoegond, of stuff or to help me work stuff out. They may contain mistakes.
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