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Which proposed approach to smallpox was more sensible, eradicating the virus outright hendersons approach or preserving smallpox for research closer to jahrlings approach. The demon in the freezer by richard preston goodreads. Biohazard, the coming plague, and the hot zone, the demon in the freezer is effective in keeping the readers attention to follow every turn of the story. Smallpox or the variola virus has been in existence for thousands of years and throughout history has been the most devastating disease known to man.
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