[Exigence]

then I should be able to order the vaccine and administer it to your children.

Haven't I heard several comments from the medical community on the mortality of smallpox vaccines in young children? The estimates is that we could have in the neighborhood of 2000 deaths, if I remember correctly. It seems a little risk analysis needs to be done -- especially since the vaccine can be given after exposure for a few days and still be effective in preventing the disease. I'm not so sure I would vaccinate my children without a clear threat in sight.

[bonesmccoy]

Risk analysis? If you have an outbreak and you want to stop it, doing statistics on risk/benefit is best left to the same prof's who are paid to pontificate (while the rest of us are ACTUALLY on the front line of the effort). If you want to withhold a life-saving vaccine from your family, be my guest. You'll just need to sign a waiver in our office (waiving us from any future litigation when you realize all too late that you "chose poorly".)