@LibertyForward1 Actually, while bigpox never existed, smallpox was named as such to differentiate it from "The Great Pox", which was the name given to syphilis at the time.
As you can imagine, while neither disease is pleasant, smallpox was infinitely worse than syphilis.
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@EdanOsborne goddamn I love the fediverse. Shitpost-inspired learning (amongst more shitposts)
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