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It might be possible to reintroduce Smallpox and I guess that idiots who also think coal is a good idea might actually be stupid enough to make it happen. But,
by tialaramex 9mo ago
It might be possible to reintroduce Smallpox and I guess that idiots who also think coal is a good idea might actually be stupid enough to make it happen. But, fortunately humans did wipe out one other disease and unlike Smallpox it wasn't deemed useful as a biological weapon so AFAIK nobody kept copies, it's just gone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest
- BigTTYGothGF 9mo ago> AFAIK nobody kept copies Unfortunately this is not the case: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63707-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63707-z
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- k_roy 9mo agoGood thing that smallpox wasn’t eradicated due to a vaccine.
- Bud 9mo ago[dead]
- olivia-banks 9mo agoVaccinia is very different from Smallpox. Or perhaps I misunderstand you?
- pfdietz 9mo agoThat was sarcasm, right?
- tehjoker 9mo agoFunnily enough, RFK Jr. is doing what he can to bring its human cousin back: "Measles virus evolved from the then-widespread rinderpest virus most probably between the 11th and 12th centuries."