In 1978 on the cusp of the eradication of SmallPox a Medical Photographer became infected and would ultimately die from the Variola virus. We look at how admiration, promotion and delegation led to a wholly avoidable outcome.With John Chidgey.Investigation Report:

The Shooter Report (PDF)

Medical Analyses:

CDC Analysis of the R0 of SmallPox (PDF)

Links of Potential Interest:

SmallPox
History of Smallpox
Biosafety Level 4
A Bioweapon Expert Explains Four Ways A Pathogen Can Escape From A Lab
Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today
Pathogens Sometimes Escape the Lab With Deadly Results
1970s Chinese pandemic was a lab mistake
Bio-Unsafety Level 3: Could the Next Lab Accident Result in a Pandemic?
SmallPox is not Dead
Caroline Foulkes looks back at the 1978 outbreak
Smallpox virus retention debate
Lessons learned from smallpox outbreak

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Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor and Shane O'Neill.

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