I can understand that, but I'm not so angry about the situation. For one thing, there is still exactly zero evidence that any smallpox exists except for two tiny, secure amounts in disease research facilities in the U.S. and Russia. For another, the disease does seem to be erradicated as a natural pathogen.
I'm not trying to downplay the possibility that it could be used for an attack, but the odds are much, much Even if Iraq or a terrorist group has smallpox, it's very hard to handle safely, and even harder to deliver effectively. I want us to start stockpiling vaccine to be safe, but I'm just not sure that mass-innoculation is the answer at this point.
These are people have clearly and undeniably demonstrated a eager willingness to die. They won't care about being infected with smallpox if that's what it takes to deliver death to our door.
Again, great article. Thanks for posting.
We would recover. Some of us have had vaccinations, we live spread out, cities would be quickly quaranteed, there is enough vaccinations available to treat those exposed. However, the Muslim countries would probably end up losing half their population, and the remaining half would be horribly disfigured. If the terrorists use smallpox, they are condemning their own people and way of life to death.