Smallpox vaccinations urged (MSNBC) - Offer to general population represents a shift in policy

"Ever see pictures of a smallpox victim?"

well dan, yes, I was alive when smallpox was a problem. and yes, we were shown those pictures, and some folks were still dying from it in the early sixties.

and the bush administration, plans to prioritize the folks who have NOT had any vaccination, discontinued for the general population circa 1972, before they would give me a "booster" shot.

Bush has my support. But the planning on this goes well beyond planning for smallpox alone. That was what my question was about... and I have gotten some pretty good freepmail from medical folks about other potentials... requiring mass innoculation.

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