Have you ever been in the middle of a smallpox epidemic? Do you know exactly what to expect? Would you and your family be forced against your will to stay in the vacinity of people who are dying from a dreadful disease, or would you be allowed to leave? Have you ever experienced any of this in your country in your lifetime? No?
That's the "fear of the unknown" to which I was referring.
We're actually more knowlegable about what to expect from smallpox than we were about anthrax, at least from an epidemiological standpoint.
I think you just didn't understand what I was trying to say.
I hope so.
Perhaps I agree with you.