
Demon in the Freezer(2016)
Smallpox has inflicted untold suffering and death. So why are we keeping it around?
Errol Morris' "Demon in the Freezer" is a short 17-minute documentary about the stockpiles of the smallpox virus that remain stored for research purposes.

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