Smallpox From The Past

An anonymous reader submits "Earlier this year, librarian Susanne Caro was looking through an 1888 book on United States Civil War medicine and discovered a small envelope labeled 'scabs from vaccination of W.B. Yarrington's children' and signed by Dr. W.D. Kelly, the author of the book. After a bit of research, she realized they might be smallpox scabs used in early live vaccination methods and contacted various officials including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC was excited by the find, because it gives them an untreated specimen from over a century ago, and a chance to look at the disease's evolution. Although the FBI had concerns that the smallpox may have been planted in the book, most of the researchers believe the scabs are too old to be dangerous, and they fear they may not even be able to yield live smallpox."

Comments

Re:News just in: 25,000 niggers die in Iran!

[tuxette]

Iranians aren't Arabs. In fact, if anyone can be called "Aryan," it's the Iranians.

Re:News just in: 25,000 niggers die in Iran!

[fastidious edward]

Well said, sir. There comes a time when one must forfeit karma to trolls.

So? I'm too lazy to change my prefs every 2 weeks

[caveat]

I don't know how frequently it happens to the rest of you, but I score mod points every couple of weeks - I hate having to change from threaded to nested, Not to mention that I dont really have the time to process 2-500 comments per story. I look at high-modded comments that appeal to me and have spawned threads, and then just read and mod the thread. Maybe /. should be more selective with moderators, and offer to pay them say $100 for 24 hours with 5 points, so they can have the time to peruse every comment.

Re:From strength to strength

[fastidious edward]

In an election it is not possibly to vote against a candidate (simply for the opposition), so please tell tell for whom you will be voting, and why they are any different from others standing?

In what way will they improve the state of governance?

The majority of the voting population of the USA abstain from elections, are you engaging them in your described "discussin of incompetance", would you like to explain how and why the government are incompetant (personally I believe they are but see too many blaming others, e.g., steel imports, rather than justifying this position)?