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While the CDC admits that “stores of smallpox virus may exist in laboratories other than the two WHO designated repositories,” the fact is that smallpox virus has been manufactured by the ton – in a form suitable for use as a biological weapon, the “poor man’s atomic bomb.” An attack might be unrecognized until thousands become ill and die two weeks later.
