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Firefighters offered smallpox vaccine

By BLANCA E. SANCHEZ, Staff Writer
San Bernardino County Sun
07/09/03

CHINO HILLS - San Bernardino County firefighters have a choice to make by this fall: whether to be vaccinated for smallpox.

Public Health officials from the county have visited several fire departments including San Bernardino, Rialto, Hesperia and Redlands to give workshops explaining the pros and cons.

"They have been very good with being interested and wanting to have the information,' said Alison Rue, a smallpox program coordinator for the county Public Health Department. "We are not sure who will be willing to get it, but whether they get it or not, it's good information. Once people are educated, it's easier to move straight into the vaccination process.'

 

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