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Destruction of smallpox virus delayed

Vocabulary

was eradicated

was destroyed and is no longer a danger to public health around the world

has raged

has continued with strong opinions on either side

high time

an appropriate and right thing to do

samples

small amounts of the virus used for research

re-emerged

came back

deliberately

not as an accident but on purpose

to sway

to persuade

a compromise

a decision which everyone agreed on but is not really what either side wanted

postponing

delaying

the fate of

the future of