Smallpox?

[F. Marc de Piolenc]

Smallpox is officially "eradicated," per the UN. Not only are you not
forced to get vaccinated - the vaccine is no longer available. This
would be okay if there were no more reservoirs of the disease, but in
fact the virus is preserved at several locations, and could be released
either by accident or by design.

Marc de Piolenc
Iligan

Harmon Seaver wrote:
> 
>      So what's the deal with smallpox anyway? When I was a
> kid we all got innoculated against it, and it was supposed
> to be a lifetime thing. In fact, my wife, whose a RN, had to
> get it again some years ago for work, but it didn't take,
> proving that the antibodies were still active.
>      Did they stop vaccinating everyone for smallpox at some
> point?
>