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Few Health Care Workers Volunteer For Smallpox Vaccine
Only 83 Pennsylvanians Vaccinated
POSTED: 2:25 p.m. EDT April 15, 2003
Health officials say Pennsylvania has used very little of the smallpox vaccine provided by the federal government.
According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, only 83 Pennsylvanians have been vaccinated against the virus since 10,000 doses of the vaccine was delivered to the state earlier this year.
Richard McGarvey, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Health Department, said state officials expected more public health workers to volunteer for the shots.
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