The return of smallpox: the United States doesn't have enough vaccine for the whole country. But maybe the Russians can help.
American Prospect, The, December, 2001 by Orent, Wendy
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ON TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, THE PHONE rang. It was a federal official I have known for years. "The U.S. government can't sit on this much longer," he told me. His normally calm voice was cracking. "Three people down in Florida have a rash; 30 are in quarantine. The CDC is all over it." He would not say the word we both were thinking: smallpox. "I can't stay on the phone; turn on the news," he said.
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