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 * __Choice__**

There are only two samples of the Variola virus left on the face of the Earth.One is in Moscow, Russia. The other sample is in Atlanta Georgia.

There ia a debate going on, regarding the dilemma weather to destroy the only samples of the virus left, or keep them for research puposes. Those samples of small pox can be used for acts of terrorism and can be dangerous to society.

The WHO recommended on March 1986, Decenber 1990, September 1994 that the samples of the viruses to be destroyed. A decision was to be made on the summer of 1999 and the eradication was postponed to a later date.