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Last week the Centers for Disease Control held a meeting in Atlanta to discuss the current and future use of smallpox vaccine in the United States. Between now and June 20 (the date of the ACIP meeting) there will be other meetings held in different parts of the country to discuss the policy. Below is the agenda and the dates and locations of the meetings

There are several things to consider:

1- Anyone who recieves the vaccine will shed the virus for up to 21 days and could spread the disease.

2- The vaccine has many side-effects and causes death. The newer vaccines being produced will not be tested for safety and effectiveness because there is no disease anywhere in the world.

3- At high risk for vaccine reactions are immune suppressed/compromised, pregnant women and people with eczema and their close contacts.

4- Ring vaccination is a targeted approach to vaccination. A double ring if formed around the infected person. The immediate contacts are vaccinated and then the contacts of the contacts are vaccinated. For ring vaccination to work, 100% of the people in the ring must be vaccinated.

Locations and Dates:

June 6, 2002

New York: Mt. Sinai Hospital, Stern Auditorium, One Gustave L. Levy Place, NY NY 10029 San Francisco: San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth St, San Francisco, CA 94103

June 8, 2002

St. Louis: Renaissance Airport, 9801 Natural Bridge Rd., St. Louis, MO 63134

June 11, 2002

San Antonio: Convention Center, 200 East Market St., San Antonio, TX 78205

Community Forums on Smallpox (Vaccinia) Vaccine Use

7:00-8:00 am Registration

8:00-8:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Introductions

Why are we here?

The Smallpox questions at issue

The options for vaccination

To whom and how a recommendation will be made

8:30-10:30 am Smallpox: The Disease and its Control

To include the following: Smallpox Disease, Control Strategies, Epidemiological Features of Smallpox, Smallpox Vaccine and Vaccination,

Adverse Events and VIG, and Special Populations

10:30-10:45 am BREAK

10:45-11:00 am Questions from Presentations

11:00-11:15 am Review of the Questions and Options

11:15- 12:00 pm Agency and Organization Perspectives

Five minute presentations from State and Local health departments and

State and Local agencies and organizations, including but not limited to

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Epidemiologists and BT Coordinators

Professional and National Organizations

Medical Associations and Societies

State/Local Office of Homeland Security

Political/Legislative Offices

Schools of Public Health/ Centers for Public Health Preparedness

Emergency Physician Representation

Emergency Medical Alert Networks

12:00-1:00 pm LUNCH

1:00-2:00 pm Regional Agency and Organization Perspectives

2:00-4:30 pm Public Comment Period

Five minute comment period from members of the general public on any of

the smallpox issues

4:30-5:00 pm Summary and Closing Remarks

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