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Florida health care workers learn how to vaccinate population.
2002 NOV 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group of Florida public health care workers armed with two-pronged needles trained to give smallpox vaccinations as part of a nationwide strategy to prepare for a potential bioterror attack.
The specter of terrorists quietly unleashing the deadly virus on city crowds has loomed large since last year's terrorist and anthrax attacks.
The session is part of the state's plan to shield itself against such a scenario.
"The facts are that we're at war," said Dr. John Agwunobi, state health department secretary.
In addition to vaccine training, Agwunobi said health officials are preparing a bioterrorism preparedness handbook for families that will soon be available at doctors' offices.
Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in 1977, and routine vaccinations in the U.S. stopped in 1972. Around half of the country's population is not immunized.
Federal officials are in the midst of devising a mass vaccination plan as a bioterror weapon.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Florida health care workers learn how to vaccinate population.