In <3g39db$3a4 at news.millcomm.com> Tisha Sweeney <spam at millcomm.com>
writes:
>>squan at ix.netcom.com (Steve Quan) wrote:
>>>> Ok,ok I'm just your average layman with an interest in teeny tiny
>> bugs. I feel stupid asking, but here goes. Can anyone tell me WHY
>> small pox is no longer a threat? I understand about the eradication
>> campaign and that the last case was reported sometime in the late
70's.
>> Isn't the bug itself still out there somewhere (besides the stuff in
>> deep freeze)? How do they know it's gone? If answers would be too
long
>> for this post can anyone recommend a book? Pardon my ignorance and
>> thanks.
>>This isn't an answer, but I thought while someone brought this topic
up, I'd
>ask my own questions. From what I've heard, smallpox really isn't much
of a threat
>anymore, thanks to widespread vaccination programs. However, recently
some
>people have become concerned that, since smallpox *isn't* a threat
anymore,
>people aren't (generally) being vaccinated against it anymore, and
there is always
>the possibility of an "escape" of the virus from a lab is always there.
I guess I
>just wanted to hear some people's opinions this issue.
>>Sorry about the artificial line breaks. New newsreader.
>>- Tisha/Ellis/Spam
>spam at millcomm.com>>
That's what brouht the question to my mind in the first place - it bugs
me that my kids are not vaccinated against it - I asked the pediatrician
and only got a benign smile.
- Mo Quan
