President Is Said to Be Near a Decision on Who Receives the Smallpox Vaccine, and When

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NATIONAL DESK | November 28, 2002, Thursday
THREATS AND RESPONSES: THE BIOTERROR THREAT; President Is Said to Be Near a Decision on Who Receives the Smallpox Vaccine, and When

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG (NYT) 625 words
Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 22, Column 1

LEAD PARAGRAPH - After months of speculation and internal White House debate over who should have access to the smallpox vaccine, President Bush is nearing a decision and is likely to announce his policy, or parts of it, in the next month, administration officials said today.

Mr. Bush is widely expected to offer the vaccine to some members of the military and about 500,000 health care workers. But officials said today that the president had yet to resolve the most difficult issue before him: whether to offer the vaccine to millions of ordinary Americans as a precaution against a biological attack.

 


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