[pstrateman]

That's a pathetic argument.

Most of the world was immunized against smallpox, of course it didnt spread like wild fire.

The two situations couldn't be more different.

covid-19 came out of the lab in wuhan china, dont fool yourself.

[bawolff]

Wat? We stopped routinely immunizing against small pox a long time ago.

[mardifoufs]

The leak mentioned in the article happened in 1978. At a time when I'm pretty sure most people were still inoculated against smallpox.

[pstrateman]

In 1978 when this happened most of the world was immunized.

That's how smallpox was eradicated in the first place.