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> We've wiped viruses off the face of the planet I believe it is correct to say we eradicated the disease but we don't know if the virus died Smallpox still e
by romanoderoma 6y ago
> We've wiped viruses off the face of the planet
I believe it is correct to say we eradicated the disease but we don't know if the virus died
Smallpox still exists in the form of monkeypox in the wild and as rabbitpox in labs
FDA approved a new drug to treat smallpox (only tested on monkeys and rabbits infected with monkeypox and rabbitpox) in 2018 because smallpox resurgence does remain a realistic threat and having a stock pile of at least two different vaccines that attack the virus in different ways is the only way to prevent it from becoming drug resistant