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Why would it be labelled "smallpox" and not "Variola"? Smallpox is not a virus, it's a condition caused by the Variola viruses. That's like labelling a sample o
by Sophistifunk 5y ago
Why would it be labelled "smallpox" and not "Variola"? Smallpox is not a virus, it's a condition caused by the Variola viruses. That's like labelling a sample of HIV as "AIDS"
- COGlory 5y agoThe fact that they had it at all means they weren't following best practices practices.
- lolinder 5y agoIf I were going to label a vial that held an extremely deadly but extinct-in-the-wild virus, I would label it in such a way that anyone who stumbled upon it would immediately know what they had so that they could take appropriate action. "Variola" just doesn't do that.