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Smallpox eradicated in 1980, not just ‘held in check’ by vaccines | Fact check

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A Nov. 15 Facebook post from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary.

The World Health Organization declared smallpox officially eradicated in 1980 .

The vaccine hasn’t been used for routine immunization in the U.S. since the 1970s , according to the CDC .

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