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U.S. divided on vaccination policy.
2002 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bush administration plans to offer the smallpox vaccine to the general public, but officials weighing the risk of the vaccine against the risk of bioterrorism remain divided over how quickly to act.
Top federal health officials want a staged process where the vaccine would not be offered to the general public until it is fully licensed, probably in early 2004. But some in the White House are pushing for a more aggressive policy, vaccinating much of the nation quickly, even while the vaccine remains an experimental drug.
No final decision has been made.
The first batch of shots will be licensed in November, but it will be more than a year before enough licensed vaccine is available for mass inoculation.
Health officials who direct the bioterrorism preparedness program said October 4, 2002, they support a staged process whereby the vaccine would be offered first to those facing greatest risk of encountering a highly contagious smallpox patient, mostly people who work in hospital emergency rooms.
Other health care workers, police, fire and eventually the general public would follow.
A senior White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that plans are to offer the vaccine to the general public, but said that might happen very quickly, possibly in a matter of weeks.
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Source: HighBeam Research, U.S. divided on vaccination policy.