I don't have a real good handle on this issue, however, two things come to mind. First of all, the company that was supposed to be making the smallpox vaccinations has not made any since it was established to do so. I think it might have been contracted to do so and has not kept up with its end of the bargain.
I just heard the other day that the government was talking to Merck about doing so. I am stating this as a bit of recalled memory that I in no way wish to be taken as authoritive.
First of all, the company that was supposed to be making the smallpox vaccinations has not made any since it was established to do so. Sounds like quite a coincidence, since the company that makes anthrax vaccine was reportedly bought a few years back, and has not produced any more vaccines, in spite of military contracts to do so. (Info from another recent FR thread.)
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