> don't destroy the stocks because you may need them to recreate the vaccine. It's worth noting that the US has a gigantic stockpile of smallpox vaccine alread

> don't destroy the stocks because you may need them to recreate the vaccine. It's worth noting that the US has a gigantic stockpile of smallpox vaccine already - and they're actually increasing the size of the stockpile because of worries about bioterrorism (in 2010 20 million doses of an updated and safer vaccine were added to the stockpile[1]). The vaccine is made with cowpox, so smallpox samples are not required for its production. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-05-25-smallpox25_ST_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-05-25-smallpox25_ST...