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Funny, last night I watched a West Wing episode where they mention the possibility of a smallpox outbreak. Is it still true that there are just a handful of sma
by dkasper 16y ago
Funny, last night I watched a West Wing episode where they mention the possibility of a smallpox outbreak. Is it still true that there are just a handful of smallpox vaccines on hand in the US?
- run4yourlives 16y agoVaccines don't have a shelf life of forever, and storing components to defeat a disease that no longer exists beyond a few petri dishes in a military lab isn't really efficient. Odds are there is barely any.
- Daniel_Newby 16y agoThere is not remotely enough vaccine to handle a smallpox attack. EDIT: Apparently the U.S. has rather a lot stockpiled, but good luck getting any in advance of the end of the world.