Still with death, what about one of the world鈥檚 greatest killers?
Eradicated from the world, the smallpox virus is held in two laboratories.
Should it be wiped out completely? Or does our desire to save species extend to
a virus capable of maiming and killing us? BBC 2鈥檚 Horizon series considers the
question in 鈥淪mallpox on Death Row鈥 on Thursday, 27 March.
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