[redhead]

START NOW. Grow the vaccines and VACCINATE THE WHOLE COUNTRY. At one time in the not-too-distant and not-so-stupid past, everyone in the country had a small, round scar on their upper arm, and smallpox was not a threat. Now, nobody has a scar but oldsters, and smallpox is a terrifying possibility. NEVER FORGET. The lessons of the past are LESSONS. We are supposed to learn from lessons. The idea that a disease can be eliminated is a fool's daydream.

[2sheep]

Would you believe............?

[Skibane]

The worst reaction is a very rare - one in 300,000 vaccinated babies - but deadly encephalitis.

What this article doesn't mention is that adults receiving the vaccination are also subject to potentially deadly side effects. One recent news report mentioned one in a million dyeing from it. That means that hundreds (or even thousands) of Americans would be killed as a result of attempting to protect against an outbreak that currently doesn't exist. Not a good idea!

Produce the vaccine, make sure it's readily available in all parts of the country, but don't vaccinate unless an outbreak occurs.

[texasbluebell]

The idea that a disease can be eliminated is a fool's daydream.

I always knew that. How come I, just a regular person, always knew that, and yet we had "experts" who just HAD to eliminate this vaccine for all of us. Curses on those fools.