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Bush unveils smallpox vaccination plan.
Byline: Robert Dodge
WASHINGTON _ President Bush said Friday that most Americans do not have to worry about being vaccinated for smallpox as he unveiled a plan to inoculate nearly 1 million military personnel and domestic emergency teams.
The White House had been expected to leave it to individuals and families to make their own decisions about inoculation against the deadly disease. But the president went a step further, playing down the threat and advising against widespread inoculations when a smallpox vaccine becomes widely available in 2004.
To underscore his point, Bush said that he would get inoculated as the commander in chief but that his family and staff would not.
"As commander in chief, I do not believe I can ask others to accept this risk unless I am willing to do the same," he said. Bush said he was not calling for widespread vaccinations, however, "because our health and national security experts do not believe vaccination is necessary for the general public."
The decision spares most people from the risks of vaccination, which may have cost up to 200 people their lives. But it leaves Americans to assess the dangers of smallpox and the risks of bioterrorism and to…
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