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U.S. Opts To Keep Smallpox Stock.(Brief Article)
2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bush administration says it will keep the government's stock of smallpox virus in case it should be needed to develop new vaccines or treatments, putting off yet again a commitment eventually to destroy it.
The virus is supposed to be held in only two locations worldwide: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, and a similar facility in Russia. Many bioterrorism experts believe that other nations, such as North Korea or Iraq, may have samples that could be unleashed.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said he agrees with scientists who argue that the United States should hold onto its stock in case it is needed to develop new treatments or a vaccine that is safer that the one that exists today.
"Until we have developed our defenses, we must keep this killer secure but available for needed research,'' he said in a statement. "Events of the last two months make all too clear that if smallpox virus fell into the wrong hands, it might be deliberately unleashed. While the chance of release of smallpox remains small, it is nonetheless real, and we must be ...
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