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A report released  by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that an increasing number of people are worried that smallpox will return to the globe by an act of bioterror.  The Mayo Clinic is looking for volunteers to test two vaccines for preventing smallpox.  Routine small pox vaccinations stopped in the United State back in the 1970s.  But concerns over bioterrorism have renewed interest in the nation's potential vulnerability to the disease.  Host Gary Eichten and his guest  discuss the threat of smallpox, and Minnesota's plan for dealing with an outbreak.


Dealing with bioterrorism in Minnesota

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