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One of my pet issues is that the government refuses to make smallpox vaccine available, so at least those who want to, can make a personal decision to get the vaccine.

Here's the problem. Only those who are already vaccinated can give the vaccine to others. There are a relatively small number of us in that group ( I got mine last year in the spring ). The plan to vaccinate emergency workers flopped. Some of it was because of some safety issues with the vaccine ( which I thnk were overblown by some for political reasons ). Some of it was legal, ie demands for workmans comp etc for anyone who got the vaccine and had any reaction at all.

All I know is God forbid Smallpox gets loose, because the lines are gonna be really long to get vaccinated.

The plan to vaccinate emergency workers flopped. Some of it was because of some safety issues with the vaccine ( which I thnk were overblown by some for political reasons ). Some of it was legal, ie demands for workmans comp etc for anyone who got the vaccine and had any reaction at all.

IIRC there was something about increased cardiac events in people who had been vaccinated? (Or maybe I hallucinated that) but I do remember something that made them back off the vaccination issue.

As another aside. Didn't OBL(or whomever is impersonating him) make a tape that indicated advance warning so that media could broadcast 'the event'. Seems to me that biologicals are a more insidious attack and wouldn't make for splashy media footage. Nuclear or perhaps chemical would fit that bill better IMO.