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From TFA: By international agreement, there are two official World Health Organization (WHO)-designated repositories for smallpox: CDC in Atlanta, Geor
by BoppreH 12y ago
From TFA:
By international agreement, there are two official World
Health Organization (WHO)-designated repositories for
smallpox: CDC in Atlanta, Georgia and the State Research
Centre of Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR) in Novosibirsk,
Russia. The WHO oversees the inspection of these smallpox
facilities and conducts periodic reviews to certify the
repositories for safety and security.
- justin66 12y agoThanks. It's a little surprising to me since I seem to remember one of Richard Preston's books ending with VECTOR and CDC destroying their samples (and doing the species jump to create something that would theoretically infect monkeys but not people). Perhaps my recollection is incorrect... I remain amused at how wrath of god people can get with the downvoting. :)
- BoppreH 12y agoI can't speak for the others, but I almost downvoted you. And the reason is simple: the article was an eight paragraph piece, with your remark neatly answered in the sixth. People can get a little mad when contested by something refuted in the (short) required reading. But you are a little right. There was a big push to destroy all samples, with USA and Russia fighting to keep them for military reasons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_virus_retention_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_virus_retention_contro...