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Poll: More in U.S. want vaccine.
2003 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two in three Americans are willing to be vaccinated against smallpox, despite the risk of serious side effects, a poll released December 11, 2002 has found.
The survey also found an increasing number of people are worried that smallpox, wiped from the globe more than 20 years ago, will return in an act of bioterror.
Most people trust their own doctors to give them correct information about how to protect themselves from disease caused by bioterrorism - although most regular doctors know little about smallpox and other rare diseases likely to result from an attack.
People are significantly less likely to trust government agencies and officials for information, suggesting the government has a big job ahead of itself to educate doctors, who can then pass the information to their patients.
"Information about diagnosing and treating diseases used in bioterrorism needs to get to the front lines of the health system - doctors," said the report commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Among government officials, the most trusted is the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overall, most of the public believes the nation is better somewhat better prepared to handle a biological or chemical attack than it was in 2001, when anthrax was sent through the mail, though only a handful say the country is very well-prepared.
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