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As anxious as the country is over anthrax, the isolated outbreaks are only a lukewarm version of what a true infectious-disease hot zone would look like. Because anthrax is rarely contagious, the exposures to the bacteria have been well contained. But with other agents, that may not be so...
As a tool of destruction, the smallpox virus is ideal. Simply exposing people to the bug in its natural state, without significantly manipulating or processing it, is sufficient to seed an epidemic. Unlike anthrax, smallpox is highly contagious (just one infected person could cause the virus to radiate from a...
The world's two remaining samples of smallpox virus are stored at secure facilities in the U.S. and Russia. But there is evidence that Iraq, North Korea and Russia researched ways to grow and deliver smallpox in large quantities and still retain undeclared stores. With that in mind, and with...
But is it a good idea for the U.S. to begin vaccinating all Americans again? Though it could neutralize one major bioterrorist weapon, there are strong arguments against it. The shots themselves carry risks. Historically, for about two out of every 1 million people inoculated, the vaccine's weak virus...
But the crisis has exposed problems in the system that could be disastrous in a bigger emergency. In that sense, the current, manageable alarm may actually serve as a sort of bureaucratic vaccine, exposing the government to a low dose of what a real bioterror attack is like so that...