No, the people who want them read history extensively and understand what a 1/4 - 1/3
fatality rate means. We have not seen anything like this in this country in our lifetimes - not even those who are older. And those who survive will be scarred for life. The only rational reason not to offer this to everyone is because they don't have enough vaccine.
Contain it - one of the most if not the most contagious diseases ever known - when it will have been deliberately dispersed from all points of the compass simultaneously? Oh, the arrogance. Failure of this country to take the side of caution re smallpox will change the course of history for the entire world.
Oh, the arrogance. Failure of this country to take the side of caution re smallpox will change the course of history for the entire world.
Oh, come on..
We don't HAVE a domestic outbreak and quite frankly all this jumping at shadows does more harm than good.
If people want it and they want to pay for it themselves, then let them do so. Till then fedgov has no right nor reason to go around giving everyone shots.
The smallpox vaccine is one that will actually work even if administered after exposure to the disease. So it's practical to wait until there is a known outbreak, and then vaccinate everyone in the exposure zone. It's the wisest use of the vaccine stock we do have.