I agree that most of the risk from smallpox comes from a weaponized strain. Given what we know about the Soviet bioweapons program, I think any form of weaponized smallpox released would be engineered to bypass existing vaccines. This would make getting the smallpox vaccine in anticipation negative EV.
Also, wasn’t there a theory that the smallpox vaccine gave partial protection against HIV?
I agree that most of the risk from smallpox comes from a weaponized strain. Given what we know about the Soviet bioweapons program, I think any form of weaponized smallpox released would be engineered to bypass existing vaccines. This would make getting the smallpox vaccine in anticipation negative EV.
Also, wasn’t there a theory that the smallpox vaccine gave partial protection against HIV?