Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by bawolff 1776 days ago
Wat? We stopped routinely immunizing against small pox a long time ago.
2 comments
mardifoufs 1776 days ago
The leak mentioned in the article happened in 1978. At a time when I'm pretty sure most people were still inoculated against smallpox.
link
pstrateman 1775 days ago
In 1978 when this happened most of the world was immunized.

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

link