On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 hal@finney.org wrote:
> Does anyone know whether the protection from childhood vaccination
> would help against the use of smallpox as a terrorist agent? Is there
> some technology to mutate the virus so that the vaccines don't work?
My understanding is that childhood vaccinations were only good for 10-20
years, and that weaponized strains were developed by the Soviets that were
resistant to the standard vaccines.
steve
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