Assertion: smallpox | /r/CapableOf | become eradicated
Facets:
value: effectively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Given these risks, as smallpox became effectively eradicated and the number of naturally occurring cases fell below the number of vaccine-induced illnesses and deaths, routine childhood vaccination was discontinued in the United States in 1972 and was abandoned in most European countries in the early 1970s.