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20th May - Should smallpox be destroyed?

What should happen to the last samples of smallpox left on the planet? Hugh Pennington and Professor Gareth Williams discuss the issue.

Green Virus 226What should happen to the very last samples of smallpox virus left on the planet?

Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen, and Professor Gareth Williams, author of the Angel of Death: the Story of Smallpox, discuss whether they should be saved or destroyed.

Hear more about this debate on the BBC website