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To: tobyhill

I don’t think we even HAVE smallpox anymore, do we?
Wasn’t it eradicated?


8 posted on 12/08/2011 7:58:00 PM PST by Wisconsinlady (DEFUND NPR, PBS, THE TSA AND THE U.N.)
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To: Wisconsinlady
"I don’t think we even HAVE smallpox anymore, do we? Wasn’t it eradicated?"

That is what my husbands doctor just told us when I asked him if they still gave babies smallpox vacine.

22 posted on 12/08/2011 8:29:00 PM PST by Spunky (Sarah Palin on Polls "Poles are for Strippers and Cross Country Skiers")
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To: Wisconsinlady

It was effectively erradicated “in the wild”, but we suspect the Russians and others may have some weaponized versions which could cause a some serious problems if used.


34 posted on 12/09/2011 3:19:42 AM PST by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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