People can get smallpox from the smallpox vaccine.

a. True

b. False

FALSE

Explanation:

Smallpox was a highly contagious viral disease characterized by the high fever, skin rash, sores in mouth and vomiting. This infection was caused by the virus Variola minor and Variola major.

Smallpox vaccine developed by the English physician and scientist, Edward Jenner in 1796, was the first successful vaccine for smallpox.

In 1980, this infection was certified as globally eradicated.