No Need for General U.S. Smallpox Shots -Report

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>

> No Need for General U.S. Smallpox Shots -Report

> Tue Aug 12, 1:27 PM ET

>

> By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent

>

> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the general public should not get the

> smallpox vaccine now being given to soldiers and front-line health

> emergency workers in case of a biological attack, experts said on Tuesday.

>

>

> Noting that the vaccine is dangerous and the risk of a smallpox attack is

> only theoretical, the committee said it does not really matter how many

> people are vaccinated, as long as the right preparations are in place, the

> Institute of Medicine

>

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>

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> sites) committee said.

>

> " Smallpox is not the only threat to the public health and vaccination is

> not the only tool for smallpox preparation, " Dr. Brian Strom, Professor of

> Medicine and at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and

chair

> of the committee, told a telephone news briefing. The Institute, an

> independent organization that advises the federal government on health

> matters, praised The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

>

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<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search./search?p=%

22Disease+Control+and+Prevention%22 & h=c>web

> sites) for its six-month-old vaccination effort.

>

> But it said people and especially the media were confused about how many

> health workers should be vaccinated under the program, aimed at preparing

> the United States in the event that smallpox was used as a biological

weapon.

>

> It noted the many media reports about the reluctance of health workers to

> get vaccinations, in part because of concerns about compensation in case

> the vaccine makes them ill and in part because of safety fears.

>

> CDC director Dr. Julie Gerberding has said repeatedly the effort is not

> about numbers but about overall preparation, and Strom agreed. " What

> happens if there is an attack? Do (vaccinated) people have beepers? " he

asked.

>

> " It's important to realize that vaccine numbers are not low. "

>

> The committee also worried that the vaccine efforts might divert resources

> from other public health responsibilities such as childhood vaccination.

>

> It recommended setting up a registry of vaccinated people, in case they

> move on to other jobs or places, so they could be contacted to help in

case

> of attack. The CDC should also write up possible attack scenarios so

> hospitals and communities can practice to be ready for them, it said.

>

> A RETURNING THREAT

>

> Smallpox was eradicated in 1979 but the U.S. government and a range of

> experts believe some governments and groups may have developed the virus

> for use as a biological weapon.

>

> So the government launched a plan to vaccinate up to 500,000 U.S. troops

> and an equal number of health and emergency workers to make up the

> front-line response in case of attack. Eventually, the plan called for as

> many as 10 million people to get the immunization.

>

> So far, about 38,000 civilian health care workers and more than 450,000

> military personnel have been vaccinated.

>

> Surveys have suggested that as much as 60 percent of the general public

> would also like to get the vaccine, and President Bush

>

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>

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rch?p=George+W.+Bush>web

> sites) has instructed the CDC to come up with a plan for doing so.

>

> " At the current time the general public cannot get the vaccine, " Strom

said.

>

> The vaccine uses a live virus related to smallpox called vaccinia. When

> widely used it killed one to two out of every million people who received

> it and caused serious side-effects, ranging from a serious rash to a

> swelling of the brain called encephalitis, in dozens more.

>

> Virus from the vaccination site can spread to other people, perhaps

causing

> disease in those with damaged immune systems -- such as cancer and AIDS

>

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ch/news?p=%22AIDS%22 & c= & n=20 & yn=c & c=news & cs=nw>news

> -

>

<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search./search?p=A

IDS & h=c>web

> sites) patients.

>

> " When you take a vaccine or a drug for yourself, you are making a decision

> that 'I am willing to take the risk', " Strom said.

>

> " The problem in this case is the smallpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine.

> In taking on that risk you are taking it not only on yourself, but on the

> people around you, " he added.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

There is a safer alternative to the risky drug vaccinations ( not only small

pox but animal vaccines too which maim and kill) and that is 2000 year 's

tested and documentated vaccine homeopathy nosodes. See info at http://www.holisticvetpetcare.com/nosodes-treatment-immunizations.htm

Sincerely, Gloria Dodd DVM

 

luckypig wrote:

>

> No Need for General U.S. Smallpox Shots -Report

> Tue Aug 12, 1:27 PM ET

>

> By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent

>

> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the general public should not get

the

> smallpox vaccine now being given to soldiers and front-line health

> emergency workers in case of a biological attack, experts said on Tuesday.

>

>

> Noting that the vaccine is dangerous and the risk of a smallpox attack

is

> only theoretical, the committee said it does not really matter how

many

> people are vaccinated, as long as the right preparations are in place,

the

> Institute of Medicine

>

(<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news./sear

ch/news?p=%22Institute%20of%20Medicine%22 & c= & n=20 & yn=c & c=news & cs=nw>news

> -

>

<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search./bin/search

?cs=nw & p=Institute%20of%20Medicine>web

> sites) committee said.

>

> "Smallpox is not the only threat to the public health and vaccination

is

> not the only tool for smallpox preparation," Dr. Brian Strom, Professor

of

> Medicine and at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and

chair

> of the committee, told a telephone news briefing. The Institute, an

> independent organization that advises the federal government on health

> matters, praised The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

>

(<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news./sear

ch/news?p=%22Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%22 & c= & n=20 & yn=c & c=news & cs=

nw>news

> -

>

<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search./search?p=%

22Disease+Control+and+Prevention%22 & h=c>web

> sites) for its six-month-old vaccination effort.

>

> But it said people and especially the media were confused about how

many

> health workers should be vaccinated under the program, aimed at preparing

> the United States in the event that smallpox was used as a biological

weapon.

>

> It noted the many media reports about the reluctance of health workers

to

> get vaccinations, in part because of concerns about compensation in

case

> the vaccine makes them ill and in part because of safety fears.

>

> CDC director Dr. Julie Gerberding has said repeatedly the effort is

not

> about numbers but about overall preparation, and Strom agreed. "What

> happens if there is an attack? Do (vaccinated) people have beepers?"

he

asked.

>

> "It's important to realize that vaccine numbers are not low."

>

> The committee also worried that the vaccine efforts might divert resources

> from other public health responsibilities such as childhood vaccination.

>

> It recommended setting up a registry of vaccinated people, in case

they

> move on to other jobs or places, so they could be contacted to help

in

case

> of attack. The CDC should also write up possible attack scenarios so

> hospitals and communities can practice to be ready for them, it said.

>

> A RETURNING THREAT

>

> Smallpox was eradicated in 1979 but the U.S. government and a range

of

> experts believe some governments and groups may have developed the

virus

> for use as a biological weapon.

>

> So the government launched a plan to vaccinate up to 500,000 U.S. troops

> and an equal number of health and emergency workers to make up the

> front-line response in case of attack. Eventually, the plan called

for as

> many as 10 million people to get the immunization.

>

> So far, about 38,000 civilian health care workers and more than 450,000

> military personnel have been vaccinated.

>

> Surveys have suggested that as much as 60 percent of the general public

> would also like to get the vaccine, and President Bush

>

(<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news./sear

ch/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22 & c= & n=20 & yn=c & c=news & cs=nw>news

> -

>

<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search./search/sea

rch?p=George+W.+Bush>web

> sites) has instructed the CDC to come up with a plan for doing so.

>

> "At the current time the general public cannot get the vaccine," Strom

said.

>

> The vaccine uses a live virus related to smallpox called vaccinia.

When

> widely used it killed one to two out of every million people who received

> it and caused serious side-effects, ranging from a serious rash to

a

> swelling of the brain called encephalitis, in dozens more.

>

> Virus from the vaccination site can spread to other people, perhaps

causing

> disease in those with damaged immune systems -- such as cancer and

AIDS

>

(<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news./sear

ch/news?p=%22AIDS%22 & c= & n=20 & yn=c & c=news & cs=nw>news

> -

>

<http://us.rd./DailyNews/manual/*http://search./search?p=A

IDS & h=c>web

> sites) patients.

>

> "When you take a vaccine or a drug for yourself, you are making a decision

> that 'I am willing to take the risk'," Strom said.

>

> "The problem in this case is the smallpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine.

> In taking on that risk you are taking it not only on yourself, but

on the

> people around you," he added.

>

>

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