Conclusion.

To conclude my research, I came to the decision that the stocks of smallpox should be kept. My question is, why destroy it? Granted, an accident occurred which caused a fatality, but the likelihood of a similar accident is miniscule. The security and safety implications in place surrounding the stocks are of great standard.

The remaining stocks are without a doubt important for on-going scientific experiments to produce a vaccine which can protect against a possible outbreak, whether it is deliberately caused or not. The stocks are used as a bargaining tool between countries. If one country decides to release stocks of the virus to cause an outbreak, the WHO (2013) will have the ability to use its own stocks to produce that vaccine.

I feel destroying the last stocks will leave the world in a VERY vulnerable position, a position we cannot afford to be in.

Afterall, history has a history of repeating itself.