The smallpox wars: biowarfare vs. public health.
The writer discusses the debate that is raging among defense officials, scientists, and policymakers in the U.S. and elsewhere over the proposed destruction of the last remaining strains of the smallpox virus. The World Health Organization has set the date for destruction as June 30, 1999, but it i...
| Publicado en: | American Prospect no. 44; pp. 49 - 56 |
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