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A smallpox attack is widely seen as the ultimate nightmare scenario. But many scientists--including some who know the disease firsthand--say it wouldn't be as horrific as everybody thinks. They argue that the disease would spread much more slowly than is being predicted and could, in many cases, be contained quite easily.