- Am I missing something here? From my understanding of
the statements below, 621 microbiologists working with "dangerous"
viruses were vaccinated against smallpox. Dates were 1994-2001. Why would
a smallpox vaccination be used to prevent lab exposure if they were not
working with smallpox or monkeypox?
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- Maybe I am missing it? I thought that there is a vaccination
against chickenpox, so smallpox vaccine would not be needed for ordinary
chickenpox.
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- Could it be that 621 microbiologists have been working
with smallpox all along? Noting the date of 1994, I have to wonder?
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- The disease supposedly erradicated and virus safely tucked
away in Russia and US, why did they need smallpox vaccinations?
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- Maybe they have been playing with smallpox all along,
and not obeying the treaties in place?
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- Also, will the mass vaccination cause smallpox in some
and will that cause an outbreak?
- Patricia Doyle
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- (1) Smallpox immunity from childhood jabs has died out,
says study
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- June 10, 2002
- From: ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org
- Source: Agence France Presse English
- 29 May 2002
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- Only a tiny fraction of people who were vaccinated against
smallpox before the disease was declared eradicated more than 2 decades
ago have still retained their immunity, according to a U.S. study. The
figures are bad news to those who believe that they will be protected against
a smallpox bioterror weapon thanks to a jab in their childhood.
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- Of 621 microbiologists in Maryland who received fresh
vaccinations against smallpox between 1994 and 2001 to protect them in
their daily work of handling dangerous viruses, only 6 percent were still
immune from their early vaccination.
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- The U.S. government is planning to buy 286 million of
doses of smallpox vaccine by the year (sic), enough to protect every American
from the disease. However, health professionals are divided as to whether
it is best to vaccinate everyone immediately, in a pre-emptive campaign,
or wait until there is any clear threat. A pre-emptive campaign would make
it far easier to contain any outbreak.
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- However, many people would die -- at least 180 in the
US population -- because of health complications arising from the vaccine,
says the British weekly New Scientist, which reports on the Maryland research
in next Saturday's issue.
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- Smallpox was declared eradicated by the World Health
Organization in 1980, prompting countries around the world to stop routine
vaccinations. The virus is highly transmissible from person to person and
has a 33 percent mortality rate.
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- -- ProMED-mail
- promed@promedmail.org
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- [Residual immunity, even if unmeasurable, may still make
the difference between surviving rather than dying from a smallpox infection.
- Mod.JW] ******
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- [2] As Experts Debate Need for Voluntary Smallpox Vaccination,
3 in 5 Say They Want It
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- Date: 10 Jun 2002
- From: ProMED promed@promedmail.org
- Source: AScribe - The Public Interest Newswire
- 5 Jun 2002
- [edited] http://www.ascribe.org
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- Although not a single case of smallpox has been reported
in the United States, 3 in 5 Americans (59 percent) surveyed by the Harvard
School of Public Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation say they would
get vaccinated as a precaution against a bioterrorist attack using smallpox
if a vaccine were made available to them.
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- This is the case even though people were told that the
vaccination may produce serious side effects in a small number of cases.
If cases of smallpox were reported in their own community, more than 3/4
(81 percent) of Americans say they would get vaccinated. This includes
the 59 percent who had already said they wanted to get vaccinated in the
near future, even without cases having been reported, as well as an additional
22 percent who became interested in vaccination once local cases were mentioned.
One in 10 (9 percent) would not get vaccinated even if an outbreak of smallpox
occurred in their community.
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- These findings, based on interviews with 2000 Americans
nationwide, come at a time when 2 federal government advisory committees
of experts, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the National
Vaccine Advisory Committee, are debating whether or not voluntary smallpox
vaccinations should be offered to the public.
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- Also starting on Thu 6 Jun 2002, in New York City and
San Francisco, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conducting
a series of public forums on the use of the smallpox vaccine. http://www.cdc.gov/nip/smallpox/News.htm#Forums
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- "The survey results also raise the question of whether
or not the country should move ahead with voluntary vaccination of frontline
workers, such as doctors, nurses, and emergency personnel," said Robert
J. Blendon, professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at the Harvard
School of Public Health. "If there were a bioterrorist attack using
smallpox, millions of Americans would want to find health professionals
to vaccinate them. If the professionals themselves have not been vaccinated,
it could lead to serious delays and public panic."
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- The substantial public interest today in receiving a
smallpox vaccination grows in part from continuing fears about a future
bioterrorist attack. Now, 9 months after the September 11th attacks, more
than 4 in 10 (43 percent) report being worried about a future attack using
smallpox, down from 53 percent in November 2001. About half (49 percent)
of women, compared with 36 percent of men, are currently worried about
such an attack.
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- The interest in vaccination may also reflect Americans'
familiarity with the smallpox vaccine. Nearly 3 in 5 Americans (56 percent)
report having been vaccinated earlier in their lives. In the near run,
the public sees little risk that they or a family member will get smallpox.
Only 1 in 12 Americans (8 percent) believes that they or someone in their
immediate family is likely to contract smallpox during the next 12 months.
This compares with [1 in 5] 20 percent who believe they or a family member
are likely to be injured in some other type of terrorist attack.
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- Most Americans (74 percent) are at least mildly optimistic
that they would survive if they contracted smallpox and received immediate
medical care, 44 percent see it as very likely that they would survive,
while 30 percent thought it somewhat likely.
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- The public is also somewhat optimistic that adequate
planning, preparation, and professional education have taken place in their
community in regards to a possible smallpox attack. Most Americans (84
percent) report confidence that their own doctor can recognize the symptoms
of smallpox. Almost half (45 percent) are very confident. [Really! - Mod.JW]
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- About 2/3 of Americans (70 percent) believe that their
local hospital emergency room is prepared to diagnose and treat people
who have smallpox. However, this includes only 23 percent who think their
local ER is very prepared. Similarly, 2/3 (66 percent) are confident that
their local health department is prepared to prevent smallpox from spreading
if there were an outbreak of the disease, but this includes only 19 percent
who think the local health department is very prepared. If they had symptoms
of what they thought might be smallpox, most Americans would seek help
from the traditional health care system. The most common place to turn
for diagnosis or treatment would be their own doctor or medical clinic
(83 percent), followed by a hospital emergency room (62 percent) or outpatient
department (52 percent). Very few Americans (27 percent) would seek assistance
from a public health department clinic.
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- The survey finds that there is no single spokesperson
the public most trusts on these issues. When asked, in the event of an
outbreak of disease caused by bioterrorism, which of 6 public officials
they trusted most to provide correct information about how to protect themselves
and their families from the disease, 43 percent said a senior scientist
from the Centers for Disease Control.
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- No other official was chosen by more than 16 percent.
The other choices were the heads of the Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Homeland Security, and FBI, the U.S. Surgeon General,
and the city or state health commissioner. Asked whom they trusted most
to provide correct information about where to go if they were exposed to
a disease caused by bioterrorism, Americans were nearly evenly split between
the CDC (28 percent) and their city or state health commissioner (26 percent);
19 percent chose the head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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- Americans' knowledge about smallpox is mixed. More than
3/4 (85 percent) know that smallpox is contagious. Many believe that smallpox
is easily spread. For instance, 90 percent know that if someone has contracted
smallpox and has the symptoms, they should be kept isolated from uninfected
people.
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- However, less than half (43 percent) of Americans know
that if a person has been exposed to smallpox but does not have symptoms,
getting a vaccination would prevent the person from coming down with the
disease. Only about 1/3 (32 percent) know that once a person develops symptoms
of smallpox, there is no cure. "This is the central issue for public
health education," said Blendon. "Americans need to know that
according to experts, if people are exposed to smallpox but do not yet
have symptoms, an immediate vaccination will help protect them against
the disease. The message is that you should not wait until you get sick.
If you have been exposed, go get vaccinated right away, because once the
symptoms start, there is no treatment to stop the course of the disease."
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- Since the Fall of 2001 there have been only a few changes
in Americans' behavior in response to bioterrorist threats. Most Americans
continue to believe that in the near run they or someone in their immediate
family is unlikely to contract anthrax or smallpox.
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- Currently, 10 percent think they or a family member is
likely to contract anthrax during the next 12 months, down slightly from
14 percent in October 2001 shortly after anthrax-laden mail was first discovered,
but nearly identical to the 9 percent figure in November-December 2001.
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- The proportion of Americans believing that they or a
family member is likely to contract smallpox during the next year has remained
virtually unchanged: 9 percent in October 2001, 8 percent in November-December
2001, and 8 percent currently.
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- Decreases have been seen in the proportion of Americans
who:
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- - are taking mail precautions (from 37 percent in October
2001 to 24 percent in May 2002)
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- - are avoiding public places and consulting a website
for information about how to protect themselves in case of bioterrorism
(from 12 percent each in October 2001 to 7 percent and 8 percent, respectively,
in May 2002).
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- Of note, there has been a significant rise, from 5 percent
in October 2001 to 15 percent in May 2002, in the proportion of Americans
who report that they or someone in their family has gotten a prescription
for or purchased antibiotics in response to concern about bioterrorism.
This suggests that some Americans are stockpiling antibiotics in case of
a future bioterrorist attack.
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- Methodology & survey data is available at: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/press652002.html
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- Comment
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- From Michael Shore
- Jerusalem
- m3636s@yahoo.com
- 6-14-2
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- If this story is true on your web site about the "Smallpox
Epedemic Rapidly Spreading In Pakistan Province", then the smallpox
virus may have already been released on the human population.How did the
smallpox virus just suddenly appear in Pakistan? This virus doesn't have
to start in the U.S., it can start anywhere and spread rapidly especially
if this is a part of The New World Order plan for world domination. Your
web site can be used now to call for an immediate investigation into stopping
the potential of a smallpox epidemic from happening BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
Please consider this possibility for your web site.
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- Based on what is going on with the continuing current
disclosure that President Bush and other high level government officials
may have had advance knowledge of certain events that were going on prior
to 911 and took no action, the American people need to have an immediate
investigation into why the U.S. government purchased $500 million of smallpox
vaccine shortly after 911 in October 2001. Most of the American public
and the other people in the world are unaware of this fact and the fact
that 12 experts in micro biology have met suspicious and un-natural deaths
over the past six months. Is it possible that we can no longer trust President
Bush and the C.I.A. or the F.B.I. to protect the American public???
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- THE INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF THE SMALLPOX VIRUS ON THE
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST DEADLIEST EVENTS IN HISTORY.
The deadly smallpox virus knows no borders.The release of the smallpox
virus on the human population would kill millions of Americans ,Europeans,
Russians, Chinese, Africans, Muslims, Arabs, Jews, Christians, etc., etc.
What "terrorist" group would ever do such a thing??? And what
would they gain?? CAN'T THE FBI and CIA CATCH THE SMALLPOX TERRORISTS HOPEFULLY
BEFORE THEY COMMIT THEIR DEADLY CRIME???
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- We must be given the facts about why the U.S. government
took action and made the purchase of the vaccine??? This is a huge amount
of money for the U.S. government to so easily and so quickly have approved
unless the C.I.A. and F.B.I. had certain knowledge that some "terrorist"
organization is going to attempt to release the smallpox virus on the people
of the world. Why else would the U.S. government commit $500 million to
purchase smallpox vaccine???
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- After all the only smallpox viruses that currently exist
are supposedly locked up in secure locations in the U.S. and Russia. These
are the only places you can get the smallpox virus. Interestingly enough,
the World Health Organization was supposed to destroy the remaining smallpox
viruses in the U.S. and Russia, but have now delayed this action. If the
U.S government spent $500 million dollars for smallpox vaccine, the C.I.A.
and the F.B.I. must've known SOMETHING. Who and what did the F.B.I and
C.I.A. know??? Who was involved in the decision that authorized the expenditure
of $500 million for the smallpox vaccine? Why was this authorized? Based
on what information? Why is the World Health Organization delaying the
destruction of the last remaining smallpox virus that only exists in the
U.S. and Russia? Is there any special maximum security being used in the
U.S. and Russia to guard the last of the remaining smallpox virus so there
is no chance of any "terrorist" getting a
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- CAN'T CATCH OSAMA BIN LADEN???
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- CAN'T CATCH MULLAH OMAR???
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- CAN'T CATCH THE ANTHRAX TERRORISTS???
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- CAN'T CATCH ALL OF THE "TERRORISTS" WHO CHENEY
AND RUMSFELD ARE CURRENTLY WARNING WILL DO AN "INEVITABLE" NEW
LARGE SCALE TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE U.S.???
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- CAN'T CATCH THE POSSIBLE SMALLPOX TERRORISTS???
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- .IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY A U.S.COMMITTEE,THE
SMALLPOX AFFAIR IS THE HIGHEST ON THE LIST!!! AT LEAST AN INVESTIGATION
NOW MAY PREVENT A MAJOR TRAGEDY IN THE FUTURE. Maybe all the people involved
in this heinous affair can be exposed now and their dirty deed prevented
from occuring.WOULD THE NEW WORLD ORDER ---ILLUMINATI--- ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING
AS SINISTER AS SMALLPOX IN THEIR QUEST FOR WORLD DOMINATION???
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- As announced on Rense.com, there have been outbreaks
of smallpox cases in India and Pakistan in the last few weeks. IS THIS
THE BEGINNING OF THIS EVIL PLOT???
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- Michael Shore
- Jerusalem,
- Israel
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