A Deadly Virus We May Still Need
5. January 2011
By Kenneth W. Bernard and Richard J. Danzig, New York
Times
Have you ever seen a person with smallpox? We rejoice that
probably you haven't. In 1977 the disease was eradicated. Only two
known research collections of smallpox virus remain, in
laboratories in Russia and the United States.
This month, the World Health Organization is debating whether to
set a date for destroying these remaining research samples.
Elimination of the virus collections is a bad idea.
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