Anyone seen where I left my smallpox?
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Oppps. Seemed to have misplaced a couple vials.
Oh nevermind, I remember now...
A researcher at a Merck facility outside of Philadelphia found several vials that were labeled "smallpox," according to a local TV station.
"The frozen vials labeled 'Smallpox' were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research in Pennsylvania.
Smallpox, which is also known scientifically as variola virus, is so deadly that only two labs worldwide are authorized to store samples of it, one is in Russia and the other is at a CDC site in Atlanta.
Prior to widespread vaccination, the highly contagious virus infected about 15 million people every year and killed nearly one third of them,
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^ not an Onion article. I
^ not an Onion article. I wonder if people would not want to get vaccinated for smallpox if it got out?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/health/smallpox-vials-found/index.html
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/smallpox-vials-found-at-merck...
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All I got were some rocks.
All I got were some rocks.
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smallpox history is
smallpox history is interesting. Makes the line "eight maids a milking" sound like a good career.
"During variolation, people who had never had smallpox were exposed to material from smallpox sores (pustules) by scratching the material into their arm or inhaling it through the nose. "
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Is the name smallpox
Is the name smallpox stigmatizing to short people?
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compactpox?
compactpox?
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TN will bring it back. TX
TN will bring it back. TX will supersize it.
MEGApox, y'all!
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OKlahomies wil ignore it
OKlahomies wil ignore it completely, especially if a top health Dr. warns the nation about it, and happily exercise their right to get sick, flood ICU's and die.