And Asylum is working on a quickie to cash in on the publicity around the first one, Poxnado!
I’ve heard of all sorts of things being used as bookmarks, but that takes the prize.
I have zero doubt that there are dozens or even hundreds of other sites around the world that still have stocks of viable smallpox. This is sort of how labs work. You put stuff in the freezer, forget about it, move to other labs and it just sits there for decades because cleaning out a lab freezer is a thankless task where you inevitably throw out someone’s “precious” but poorly labeled samples. I probably have boxes in freezers in ten different labs across the country!
You wouldn’t believe what’s in my freezer.
I’m already making the popcorn.