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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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