[chantal7]

The routine vaccination was ended in aro9und 1972. What are you doing getting it in the late 70's. I think small pox immunization should begin again. Maybe it will not be used. But if it is, staring immunization after that will be too late for the first to get it.

I had a smallpox immunization before 1976 and again in 1976 right before we left for the Middle East. It was required to enter Iran. The doc didn't have it on hand because it wasn't routinely given anymore here in the U.S. so he had to special order it for us from a drug company or the government.

[Aurelius]

"I think small pox immunization should begin again."

It wouldn't come without a cost. When the vaccination was still administered, one in a million recipients suffered death or brain damage. In one in 18,000 there resulted severe infection with the virus spreading throughout the body.

Cure for Bioterror may be worse than the disease, NYT, 10/22

[Stingray51]

Do any of you know whether one could obtain smallpox vaccination by traveling to Canada (or anywhere else) for that purpose? Thanks

[Saundra Duffy]

I am mad as hell that our intelligence community (e.g., GARY "OJ" CONDIT) didn't have sense enough to warn us about smallpox as a terrorist's strategy! All of us are caught vulnerable. How much you wanna bet Gary Condit has recently been vaccinated? For victory & freedom!!!