Re: Smallpox Vaccine

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From: Tim Bruening
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 02:25

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In article <Xns92E79CCD03514catwheezeloperamailc@127.0.0.1>, whiskers
<catwheezel@operamail.com> writes
>"Da Kitty"<connie@cb-design.net> wrote on 16 Dec 2002, in
>alt.support.depression:
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>snip
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>> I've been vaccinates against it 3 times when I was a kid.
>> The country I came form, it was mandatory. This was in 1970's
>> and 80's
>>
>Same here, in the 50s.  Still got the scars.  The only reason the
>vaccination programme was stopped was because it was believed the
>virus had become extinct in the wild.  I can remember the debate over
>whether or not samples of the virus should be kept - seems someone
>did keep a supply.

Smallpox virus samples were kept in Atlanta and Moscow.  Some of the
Moscow smallpox may have slipped into terrorist hands.

It may be a good thing that we kept smallpox samples, since we can use
the smallpox to help us make better smallpox vaccines.

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