[Jhoffa_]

I think it's fine..

After all, the only people who want them are afraid to come out from under the bed to have them administered anyway.

[Jhoffa_]

Adding a qualifier to #21.

If anyone WANTS, to go to THEIR doctor.. and PAY, THEMSELVES.. for a smallpox vaccination.. Then I think that's fine.

Now, if you want ME to help pay for it or if you want to force ME to go with you.. Then I object.

[Let's Roll]

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.

[DontMessWithMyCountry]

well, now, we'll just have to send in Uncle Sam the boogey man to innoculate them--they trust him far more than themselves, so they'll crawl out, dustbunnies and all, at the mere sound of his authoritarian voice ;-)