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    5. If Smallpox was eradicated in 1977, why can we still catch it? - Top

    Due entirely to an aggressive vaccination campaign, Smallpox was eliminated from the globe in 1977. At that time, two sites in the world were allowed to keep samples of the virus for study; the CDC in Atlanta, and Ivanovsky Institute for Viral Preparations in Moscow.

    Following the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention the US stopped production of biological weapons (or so our government tells us), but the Russian government actually stepped up its research and production to where it had stockpiled literally hundreds of tons of Anthrax, and tens of tons of Smallpox.

    With the breakup of the Soviet Union, control of the stockpiles of these agents, and the scientists who prepared them is uncertain. The stockpiles, and their creators may be in the hands of terrorists.

    see Behind the Mask: Biological Warfare
    By DR. KEN ALIBEK in an article at
    http://www.bu.edu/iscip/vol9/Alibek.html - Updated: October 22, 2001

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