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Bush to offer Americans vaccine.
2003 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After agonizing for months, President Bush has decided to make a risky but effective smallpox vaccine available to all Americans, beginning with the military and health workers who would be front-line defenders against a bioterror attack.
Shots were expected to begin in January 2003, senior administration officials said.
The shots will be mandatory for about 500,000 military personnel and recommended for another half-million who work in hospital emergency rooms and on special smallpox response teams.
The general public will be offered the vaccine on a voluntary basis as soon as large stockpiles are licensed, probably early in 2004, though the government will not encourage people to get them.
In making the decision, Bush had to weigh the risks of the often-deadly disease against the dangers of the vaccine, which produces more serious side effects than any other vaccine dispensed in this country.
In his limited public comments on the matter, Bush has emphasized his concerns about the vaccine, and he noted that people will have to consider its dangers.
"It's going to be very important for us to make sure there's ample information for people to make a wise decision," Bush said in an interview broadcast on ABC-TV's "World News Tonight" program.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Bush to offer Americans vaccine.