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Its now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980, when smallpox was eradicated in the wild, by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs that are supposed to have itone in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the planet, what point was there in keeping these reserves? __1__reality, of course, it was naive to __2 __ that everyone would let __3__ of such a potent potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have__4__ vials. __5__ the lastofficialstocks of live virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia,__6__ no obvious gain. Now American researchers have __7__ an animal model of the human disease, opening the __8__for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So once again theres a good reason to__9__ the virusjust in __10__ the disease puts in a reappearance. How do we __11__ with the mistrust of the US and Russia? __12__. Keep the virus __13__ international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratory thats open to all countries.The US will object, of course, just as it rejects a multilateral approach to just about everything. But it doesnt __14__the idea is wrong. If the virus __15__ useful, then lets make it the servant of all humanitynot just a part of it. smallpox n.天花 vial n.小瓶 auspices n.赞助;支持 | 
