The Adapt or Die Series goes Viral...

Egyptians, Hittites, Athenians, Romans -- outbreak after outbreak Variola major has been a pox on our house from time immemorial.

No other disease has weakened and crippled empires and wiped entire peoples off the earth like smallpox. It killed 400-500 million in the 20th Century alone.

And now, through a millennium-long effort of blowing scab powder, scraping lesions, and really listening to dairy maids, it's gone.

Almost.

Artwork: Oz by Ian Armstrong