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		ghshephard on Aug 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using a Tactic Unseen in a Century, Countries Cord... Smallpox has a vaccine and is not considered a BSL4 pathogen - so, available treatment isn't the only component.

pessimizer on Aug 13, 2014 [–]

>one of the criteria for being a BSL4 pathogen is [...] not having a readily available treatment.

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