Smallpox Destruction Delayed

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 47•21 • May 26, 2011

The World Health Organization has delayed until 2014 its decision on setting a timetable for the destruction of its storehouse of the smallpox virus. What do you think?

“I can relate. It's like you should have put away the Christmas decorations by now, but they're just so pretty.”
Cody Toussaint –
Keying Machine Operator
“Shouldn't be a problem. That one really good, careful forklift driver doesn't retire until 2015.”
Louis Kador –
Unemployed
“As long as there remain pesky indigenous peoples who threaten the expansion of the European Protestant lifestyle, it's probably best to maintain a few vials and a stockpile of blankets.”
Carol Spellman –
Archivist

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