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by 5co 1838 days ago
I think the main issue is that it’s not difficult to create a vaccine resistant variant, modifying smallpox is apparently quite easy. Also current vaccines are only effective for around 5 years. I read about this recently, his other book about Ebola is worth a read too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon_in_the_Freezer