[FITZ]

Thats what I'm afraid of, it's definitely not going to be smallpox from a strain of variola minor, it will be one of the very lethal ones. I'm waiting to see who around here gets the smallpox vaccine, then I'll just obtain a 'sample' and go from there. I'd take my kids up to the mountains where they wouldn't have any contact with people but it's going to be getting kind of cold up there soon.

[GOPJ]

One of the reason so many died from smallpox was the pox would get infected. Buy some antibiotic cream. Something that didn't exist last time smallpox was a problem. Also, the folks with the old vaccinations should hold off getting one (as theirs might still be effective and let the young get vaccinated with what we have.

Waiting for an outbreak is stupid. This stuff will spread across the country in about 18 days.