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AMA Calls For Further Study, Does Not Endorse Nationwide Immunization.(Brief Article)

Vaccine Weekly

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2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Medical Association has refused to endorse smallpox vaccinations for all Americans, rejecting calls from doctors who say the disease could be used as a biological weapon.

Instead, the 538 delegates attending the AMA's annual winter meeting in San Francisco voted overwhelmingly to continue studying the possible repercussions of such a mass inoculation.

"We do not yet know that the bad guys have the smallpox virus,'' said Dr. Ron Davis, a public health expert from Detroit, Michigan, and a member of the AMA's 16-member board of trustees. "There are huge, complex issues involved and due deliberation is needed.''

Some doctors said they worry the vaccine itself could kill as many as 300 people if the entire U.S. population were vaccinated. There's also disagreement about whether those already inoculated would need another vaccination to ...

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