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Communicating Risks Associated With A Possible Smallpox
Communicating Risks Associated With A Possible smallpoxAttack Parker A. Small, Jr., MD and John Paling, PhD.
http://ccl.ichp.edu/smallpox/

Extractions: Parker A. Small Jnr., MD was a charter member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee appointed by President Regan. His research has focused on vaccines for over 3 decades. He is a Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine. The ideas expressed here are his own and do not necessarily represent those of the university. He may be contacted at 3454 N.W. 12 th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida John Paling, PhD is an expert in the field of communicating risks. He has wide experience teaching effective risk communication in fields as diverse as chemical weapons to heart valves; and arsenic pollution to amniocentesis. He runs his consulting company from Gainesville, FL and may be contacted at 5822 N.W. 91 Boulevard, Gainesville Florida, . Voice (352) 377 2142.
President Delivers Remarks On Smallpox
President Bush Friday announced a plan to better protect the American peopleagainst the threat of smallpox attack by hostile groups or governments.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021213-7.html

Extractions: 2:12 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Since our country was attacked 15 months ago, Americans have been forced to prepare for a variety of threats we hope will never come. We have stepped up security at our ports and borders, we've expanded our ability to detect chemical and biological threats, we've increased support for first responders, we made public made our public health care system better able to track and treat disease. By preparing at home and by pursuing enemies abroad, we're adding to the security of our nation. I thank the members of my team who are here who are adding to the security of our nation. One potential danger to America is the use of the smallpox virus as a weapon of terror. Smallpox is a deadly but preventable disease. Most Americans who are 34 or older had a smallpox vaccination when they were children. By 1972, the risk of smallpox was so remote that routine vaccinations were discontinued in the United States. In 1980, the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had been completely irradiated and, since then, there has not been a single natural case of the disease anywhere in the world.
Protecting Americans: Smallpox Vaccination Program
For Immediate Release December 13, 2002. Protecting Americans smallpoxVaccination Program. Today governments smallpox Response Teams
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021213-1.html

Extractions: Today, the President announced a plan to better protect the American people against the threat of smallpox attack by hostile groups or governments: Smallpox Response Teams Under the plan, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will work with state and local governments to form volunteer Smallpox Response Teams who can provide critical services to their fellow Americans in the event of a smallpox attack. To ensure that Smallpox Response Teams can mobilize immediately in an emergency, health care workers and other critical personnel will be asked to volunteer to receive the smallpox vaccine. The federal government is not recommending vaccination for the general public at this time. There may be some members of the general public who insist on being vaccinated now. Our public health agencies will work to accommodate them, but that is not our recommendation at this time.
Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation
Committee on smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation The Committee'sSecond meeting took place on February 1314, 2003 in Washington, DC.
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Extractions: The committee's next public meeting will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2003 in Washington, DC. Representatives from national, state, and local public health departments, hospitals, health systems, and health plans will discuss their experiences in the implementation of the smallpox vaccination program to date, lessons learned, and how they are defining and measuring smallpox preparedness. This discussion will help provide a national "snapshot" of how the smallpox vaccination program is proceeding. If you'd like to attend this meeting, please register by clicking the link below. Registration forms must be submitted no later than Wednesday, April 16, 2003. This meeting will also be webcast in "real" time. A draft agenda and details about the webcast will be posted on this site closer to the date of the meeting.
Smallpox Vaccination 101
smallpox Vaccinations Chet Day presents the latest news, articles, editorial opinions,and anything else he considers interesting, controversial, or worth
http://smallpoxvaccination101.com/

Extractions: Smallpox Vaccination 101 On this site, you'll find links to the latest news, articles, editorial opinions, and anything else interesting, controversial, or worth pondering on the topic of smallpox and smallpox vaccines. Smallpox Vaccination 101 is updated as news warrants and is managed by natural health writer Chet Day , who prefers the human immune system to man-made vaccines with questionable records. If you want a smallpox vaccination, that's your decision, but at least do it from an informed point of view. Smallpox Vaccine Newsletter In this free email publication I alert you to site updates and also share my spin as to what I think is really going on. First Name Your E-mail Your privacy is guaranteed. Possible Heart Problems From Smallpox Vaccine Washington (AP) Federal officials are investigating whether the smallpox vaccine contributed to the heart attack death of a Maryland woman and brought on heart problems in six others. The vaccination has never been associated with heart problems before, but health officials are recommending that people with a history of heart trouble refrain from being vaccinated while authorities investigate a possible link.
Smallpox(Variola)
smallpox (Variola). What is smallpox? smallpox is an acute infectious diseasecaused by a virus. How is smallpox spread? smallpox is highly contagious.
http://hlunix.hl.state.ut.us/els/epidemiology/epifacts/smallpox.html

Extractions: Smallpox (Variola) Smallpox is an acute infectious disease caused by a virus. No one has naturally contracted smallpox since 1977. Smallpox was declared eradicated from the earth in 1980. However, the events of September and October 2001 have emphasized the need to be prepared for a biologic attack using smallpox as a weapon. There are two types of smallpox: variola major and variola minor. Variola major is the more severe form and has a 30-50% fatality rate among those who are unvaccinated (3% in vaccinated persons). Variola minor has a 1-2% fatality rate in unvaccinated individuals. There are two rare and more serious forms of smallpox. In the most severe, known as purpura variolosa or hemorrhagic-type smallpox, the initial stage of the illness (before the rash appears) is accompanied by a dark, purplish, blotchy flushing of the skin. People who developed purpura variolosa usually have a severe loss of blood into the skin and internal organs (hemorrhage), and die before the typical smallpox rash appears. About 3% of the persons with variola major develop purpura variolosa. Another rare and deadly form of smallpox is referred to as flat-type smallpox affects about 5% of the persons with variola major. Persons with this form of the disease have lesions that develop more slowly, never raised above the surface of the skin, and feel soft to the touch. If people with flat smallpox survive, they rarely experience severe scarring. Both purpura variolosa and flat smallpox are virtually never seen in persons infected with variola minor.
WebMD - What Is Smallpox?
smallpox is a highly contagious virus that can be spread through the air. Here'swhat you should know about this dangerous virus. What Is smallpox?
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1680.53288

Extractions: WebMD Medical News Smallpox is a highly contagious virus that can be spread from person to person and infects 30% of the people who are exposed to it. Once infected, there is no cure. None of our current antiviral medications is effective. Smallpox can spread from person to person and through infected blankets, linens, and clothing. Experts consider it a likely weapon of choice for use in a bioterrorist attack. Symptoms don't start until about 12 days after exposure to the virus. At first, it's like the flu causing an under-the-weather feeling of fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, and backache. Then, severe abdominal pain and disorientation can set in, as small, round sores erupt all over the skin. About 30% of people who become infected will die, and survivors can be left with permanent scars. Of course, vaccination can prevent smallpox infection. But the World Health Organization's worldwide vaccination campaign, begun in 1967, came to an end in 1980 when the disease was officially declared "eradicated." Here in the U.S., where smallpox was stamped out even earlier, childhood vaccination ceased in 1972.
SWABI: Smallpox Epidemic Spreading In Swabi -DAWN - Local; 09 June, 2002
Click to learn more Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)SWABI smallpox epidemic spreading in Swabi By Muqaddam Khan.
http://www.dawn.com/2002/06/09/local23.htm
BBC - Drama - Smallpox
to terrifying consequences. Reactions ». Science of smallpox, Historyof smallpox, Behind the Scenes of smallpox 2002. Find out what
http://www.bbc.co.uk/smallpox2002/
The Morning News - Love In The Time Of Smallpox
Love in the Time of smallpox Dennis Mahoney, 14 February 2003. Play it safe with so many venereal diseases, smallpox is the least of your worries.
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/editorial/love_in_the_time_of_smallpox.sh
FOXNews.com
smallpox. Tuesday, January 28, 2003. What Is It? Scientifically knownas variola, smallpox is among the few contagious bioterror agents.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,76860,00.html

Extractions: OAS_AD('Middle'); What Is It? Scientifically known as variola, smallpox is among the few contagious bioterror agents. The last naturally occurring case was in Somalia in 1977 and the World Health Organization declared it eradicated in 1980. Symptoms are severe and permanently disfiguring. To pass the disease on to someone else, direct face-to-face contact is required. It falls somewhere between tuberculosis and chickenpox in its level of contagiousness. Smallpox is lethal in about 30 percent of all cases. Two other forms of smallpox are historically rare but usually fatal: Purpura Variolosa , or hemorrhagic-type smallpox, and Flat-type smallpox . These two variations usually develop in 3 percent and 5 percent, respectively, of people infected with variola major Variola minor , a variation of the smallpox virus, is less severe than the major strain, and kills about 1 percent of those infected. After the anthrax attacks in the United States in the fall of 2001, the U.S. government ordered production of enough smallpox vaccine to vaccinate the entire U.S. population should it be needed. How Is It Spread?
Modern History Sourcebook: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): Smallpox Vacci
Back to Modern History SourceBook. Modern History Sourcebook LadyMary Wortley Montagu (16891762) smallpox Vaccination in Turkey.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/montagu-smallpox.html

Extractions: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : Smallpox Vaccination in Turkey In 1717 Lady Montague arrived with her husband, the British ambassador, at the court of the Ottoman Empire. She wrote voluminously of her travels. In this selection she noted that the local practice of deliberately stimulating a mild form of the disease through innoculation conferred immunity. She had the procedure performed on both her children. By the end of the eighteenth century, the English physician Edwardjenner was able to cultivate a serum in cattle, which, when used in human vaccination, eventually led to the worldwide eradication of the illness. Your friend, etc. etc. Source: From Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Letters of the Right Honourable Lady My Wy Me: Written During her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa. . . , vol. 1 (Aix: Anthony Henricy, 1796), pp. 167-69; letter 36, to Mrs. S. C. from Adrianople, n.d. This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook . The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history. © Paul Halsall, July 1998
AlterNet: Bush's Smallpox Boondoggle
Maria Tomchick Bush's smallpox vaccination plan is a misguided attempt to convinceus he's doing something to make the country safer, while helping out his
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15044
TAP: Vol 14, Iss. 2. The ABCs Of Smallpox. Marc Siegel.
Mary Lynn F. Jones reports. Send a letter to the editor. The ABCs of smallpox Whichmethods of treatment make sense and why By Marc Siegel Issue Date 2.1.03.
http://www.prospect.org/print/V14/2/siegel-m.html

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Smallpox Information From IAC
smallpox Information. Source JAMA, August 6, 1997, Vol. 278(5)399411 http//jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v278n5/ffull/jsc71014.html.Return to top. smallpox Photos.
http://www.immunize.org/bioterror/smallpox.htm
ABCNEWS.com : Anthrax And Smallpox 101
Anthrax and smallpox 101 Jason S. Kendler, MD; Weill CornellMedical College of Cornell University, New York.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/Healthology/anthrax_smallpox011004.html

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ABCNEWS.com : CIA Hunts Smallpox/Iraq Connection
American intelligence officials are investigating whether a Russian scientist transferreda particularly lethal strain of smallpox to the government of Iraq in
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Scared Of Smallpox
Scared of smallpox. So why are federal health officials suddenly askingfor $500 million to buy 300 million doses of the smallpox vaccine?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/644719.asp

Extractions: Ongoing Coverage: National News International News Web-exclusive Archives standards of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Instead, the vaccine virus will be grown in living animal cells suspended in a nutrient medium in a stainless-steel tank known as a bioreactor. Developing the new production process, scaling it up, and ensuring that the new vaccine is safe and effective, will all take time. Even if all 300 million doses can be produced by the end of 2002, a task that will pose major technical challenges, the new vaccine will not have been approved by the FDA. Thus, it could only be administered in an emergency situation as an Investigational New Drug, requiring informed consent. Finally, whether or not Congress is prepared to appropriate more than $500 million to acquire smallpox vaccine remains to be seen.
Smallpox What You Need To Know
Thousands of Americans have already received smallpox vaccinations, but questionsstill linger about the vaccine and its risks. smallpox What you need to know.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/819847.asp
USATODAY.com - Two Soldiers Develop Bad Reactions To Smallpox
Two soldiers have had potentially serious reactions days after receiving the smallpoxvaccine, but no problems have been reported among more than 400 civilian
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-02-05-smallpox_usat_x.htm

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