Wendy Orent alleges Soviet emails linked smallpox eradication figure to bioweapons

What was said

"I obtained Domaradsky's uh email. I wrote to him and he confirmed it that this man who wanted to wipe smallox off the face of the earth thereby making everybody less resistant to it because there would be no more smallpox vaccinations. was uh prepared to develop small and did prepare uh develop small pox as a biological weapon."

Wendy Orent alleges that email correspondence with Soviet bioweapons scientist Igor Domaradsky confirmed, in her telling, that a senior figure tied to smallpox eradication also worked on Soviet biological weapons. She argues that ending smallpox vaccination reduced population immunity and could aid weaponisation, but offers no documentary evidence beyond her account.