One Good Reason toLet Smallpox Live

It's now a fair betthat we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea wasto cap the glorious achievement of 1980,when smallpox was eradicated in the

wild,by destroyingthe killer vims in the last two labs that are supposed to have it one in the US and one in Russia. if smallpox had truly gonefrom the planet,what point was

there in keepingthese reserves?

_______(51)reality,ofcourse,it was naive to _______(52)that everyone would let ________(53)of such apotent potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have

_______(54)vials._______(55)thelast“official”stocks of live virus bred mistrust of the Us and Russia,_______(56)no obvious gain.

Now Americanresearchers have________(57)an animal model of the human disease,openingthe________(58)for tests on new treatments and vaccines.So once again there's

a good reasonto_______(59)the virusjust in_______(60)the disease puts in a reappearance.

How dowe_______(61)with the mistrust of the USand Russia?_______(62).Keepthe virus________(63)international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratorythat's open

to all countries.The USwill object,of course,just at it rejects a multilateral approach to just abouteverything. But it doesn't_______(64)the idea is wrong. If the virus_______

(65)useful, thenlet's make it the servant of all humanity—not just a part of it.55._________

A.. And

B. While

C. Whereas

D. Although