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Health Risks Could Keep 20 Percent from Smallpox Shots.
Byline: M.A.J. McKenna
Oct. 18--At least 20 percent of Americans and possibly many more will not be able to receive smallpox vaccinations because their underlying medical problems make the vaccine unsafe, health officials said Thursday.
The assessment is one of several pieces of evidence suggesting that the federal plan to vaccinate about 500,000 hospital staff may not go smoothly or quickly. The prediction came as a volunteer panel that shapes federal vaccination policy wrapped up a two-day meeting in Atlanta.
The plan to vaccinate approximately 100 staff members each in 5,000 hospitals is intended to create a group that would care for the first victims of a bioterrorist smallpox attack. But those attending the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, including academic medical experts and representatives of state health departments,…
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