Because it has probably been weaponized by terrorist regimes such as North Korean Iran etc. That virus is alive and well in someones weapons lab.
Note: This is not a defense of Obama's crony capitalism with his donors. He is still a corrupt man and always will be.
The article says we already have tons of vaccine in storage to give to all the US and half the world and it works great if given close in time to the exposure. This new boondoggle is an untested anti-viral that could be given to those exposed and not given vaccine #1 within the time period #1 works for. It’s a maybe drug for a threat so remote it is hard to believe would ever be used or even work. But, Obama’s pal gets almost a half billion of our tax bucks to sell it to our government.
My understanding is that there are two samples left, one in the US and one in USSR.
Everyone over the age of about 40 would have been vaccinated.
My youngest was born in 1981 and the docs had just stopped vaccinating people routinely for small pox.
I do not trust BHO and this contract makes me nervous.
You maybe correct, it could be a sample of things to come.