National
Desk
| June 19, 2003, Thursday
AFTER THE
WAR: BIOLOGICAL DEFENSES; 2 Programs To
Vaccinate For Smallpox Come to a Halt
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. (NYT) 734
words
Late Edition - Final , Section A ,
Page 13 , Column 6
ABSTRACT
- Government officials say smallpox
vaccination programs have virtually come to
halt, military program because it has
vaccinated everyone it can and civilian
program because few people volunteered for
it; also say that of 493,000 people
inoculated, rate of dangerous side effects
was lower than anticipated; comments come at
conference convened by Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (M) Government
officials said today that both the civilian
and military smallpox vaccination programs
had virtually come to a halt, the military
program because it has vaccinated everyone
it can and the civilian program because few
people volunteered for it.
Officials also said that of the 493,000
people who had been vaccinated, the rate of
dangerous side effects was lower than
predicted.
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