[My Identity]

I'm pretty certain it's a larger concern than Anthrax/Botulism and the others just because it's highly contagious,

And nuclear bombs have a bigger impact than C4, but you don't see/hear the guvmint handing out potassium iodide pills and talking about fallout shelters. Why? Because the threat assessment is still pretty low.

Likewise, because smallpox is supposed to be so very rare, the threat assessment should be quite low.

But the guvmint seems to me to be taking smallpox very seriously. And, therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that the guvmint's assessment of the threat is very very high. Since our stocks are presumably secure, the other source is Russia...

[pragmatic]

Ahh...point taken. Well, I vaguely remember watching some TV news show where they went into one of the Russian bio labs, and the samples were just in test tubes in an unlocked refrigerator. I'm not sure the government has to have verified knowledge that the Russian samples have been nicked to worry about it.

[Interesting Times]

But the guvmint seems to me to be taking smallpox very seriously. And, therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that the guvmint's assessment of the threat is very very high. Since our stocks are presumably secure, the other source is Russia...

Right you are.

Here's the story of the demon in the freezer...

[constitution]

Wonder how much paper work will be required before you can be vaccinated??