Originally Posted By: rshaw125
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
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Another astonishing example of govt incompetence. Pretty sad, actually, as these folks have little interest in protecting anything but their cushy jobs...
Pretty ridiculous comment considering smallpox has been eliminated as a public health threat with the help of some of those people.
I doubt they had anything to do with the eradication of small pox. Vaccinations were discontinued in the 1970's and Jenner discovered the process of inoculation in the 1700's.
From the article
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The vials were labelled "variola", another name for smallpox, and appear to date from the 1950s, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement.
So I guess the people not even born should have known what their coworkers did 60 years ago.