Not at all surprised about MDR TB poring into our country. I see it in the medical field in increasing numbers.
However...smallpox?
Yup, that the FDA basically rushed an emergency approval for a smallpox medication IS surprising since there are zero publicly known cases...anywhere in the world.
Much more to this story.
Given Russia’s harboring/encouraging? hackers that are making more and more serious attacks on our vital businesses, at some point we may feel forced to react strongly to Russia itself. Since they have supplies of smallpox and hostile attitudes and behavior toward us, it may be the thinking that we need to be prepared. Also, some hackers may be a lot less constrained in their behavior than Russia itself, and who knows how much it would cost to bribe a containment laboratory worker for access.