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This risk has been acknowledged for a long time. Shortly after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks in 2001, the US began stockpiling enough smallpox vaccine for the wh
by trimbo 5y ago
This risk has been acknowledged for a long time. Shortly after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks in 2001, the US began stockpiling enough smallpox vaccine for the whole country[1].
They claim to have kept that stockpile going[2] but they also said the same of the PPE stockpile...
[1] - https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2001/11/acambis-wins-new-contract-supply-155-million-doses-smallpox-vaccine https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2001/11/acambis-...
[2] - https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/bioterrorism-response-planning/public-health/vaccination-strategies.html https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/bioterrorism-response-planning/...
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