[The Great Satan]

My pleasure. Here are some relevant links:

Pentagon Shifts Anthrax Vaccine to Civilian Uses

Production and Acquisition of Anthrax Vaccine [RFP announcement]

VaxGen wins federal contract to improve anthrax vaccine

Getting Ready (CDC's director's Freudian slip?)

[Robert_Paulson2]

GWEN IFILL: If smallpox is such a dread disease, why not vaccinate people before they have a chance to... it seems almost backwards. Why wouldn't you vaccinate someone against the disease instead of after the disease has been discovered?

DR. JULIE GERBERDING: Well, the problem with this particular vaccine, the one we have right now, is that it has some real serious side effects. And there are some people who are at very high risk for the most serious problems including people with eczema or skin conditions, people have to immuno suppressive disorders and little children.

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I didn't think the vaccine was that "dangerous" when I had it as a kid... is this a different vaccine for a different "strain" of militarized small pox, you think?

[Robert_Paulson2]

Interesting article you posted about the anthrax vaccine too:

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"So far, only one anthrax vaccine has been licensed by the federal government, and it requires six injections over 18 months. VaxGen's contract calls for an anthrax vaccine that requires no more than three injections. "

"Under the contract, VaxGen will adopt and push forward the development of a vaccine candidate that has been created by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. If results from the vaccine's first phase of trials are good, VaxGen will be eligible for an additional $13.6 million contract in 2003 for a second phase of trials. "

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Do you think we can drag out taking action on Iraq, until then?

[Vic3O3]

vaccine ping!