It’s my understanding that when they announced the eradication of smallpox (back in 1978 or 1979 I believe) they only kept 2 repositories of samples. One at the CDC and another at the Ivanovsky Institute of Virology. Both repositories were kept under tight security. There’s no way in hell that Merck had some lost samples stashed away in some back room freezer!
It’s my understanding that when they announced the eradication of smallpox (back in 1978 or 1979 I believe) they only kept 2 repositories of samples. One at the CDC and another at the Ivanovsky Institute of Virology. Both repositories were kept under tight security. There’s no way in hell that Merck had some lost samples stashed away in some back room freezer!