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More than once. "The smallpox virus escaped three times from labs in England in the 1960’s and 1970’s, causing 80 cases and 3 deaths." https://thebulletin.org
by chasil 5y ago
More than once.
"The smallpox virus escaped three times from labs in England in the 1960’s and 1970’s, causing 80 cases and 3 deaths."
https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/ https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-peop...
- jweir 5y agoThen a good deal of the population was vaccinated. The US stopped vaccinating for small pox in, I think, 1972... just before I was born.
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- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoI was vaccinated. Back then, it was meant to last a lifetime. Not sure that's the case, though.
- bawolff 5y agoIts one of the oldest vaccines. We started giving it in the 1800s and it was eradicated in the 70's. If immunity waned, it would have been noticed back when smallpox was still a thing by people getting smallpox.
- fieryskiff11 5y ago[dead]
- CapitalistCartr 5y agoThe military was still vaccinating in '81, when I joined.
- ericmay 5y agoStill vaccinating in select areas. In 2007 deployed to the Republic of Korea and was vaccinated. It sucked and that was just a baby version…
- prox 5y agoThere was an interesting discussion in r/labrats about hoarding old stuff in labs. Can definitely see it happen.