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Panel votes against nationwide inoculation.(Brief Article)
2002 JUL 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. government advisory panel has come out against vaccinating all Americans against smallpox, proposing instead that the shots be given to special teams of people in each state who would be designated the first to respond in case of a bioterrorism attack.
The unanimous recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which sets U.S. vaccine policy, came after two days of hearings on the threat of a smallpox attack versus the dangerous side effects of the vaccine. The panel is made up of 15 experts, mostly doctors.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said that he will review the recommendation as quickly as possible "so that we have a policy in place as more vaccine becomes available later this year."
It is still subject to approval by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and possibly the White House.
Currently, smallpox vaccinations are given only to scientists who handle the virus. But federal health officials asked the panel to reconsider after September 11 and the anthrax-by-mail attacks.
Under the plan proposed June 20, 2002, states would designate smallpox response teams - probably including doctors, disease detectives, nurses, lab workers and law enforcement officers - who would be the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Panel votes against nationwide inoculation.(Brief Article)