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Article: Vaccine choice a complex issue.(smallpox vaccine)
- Article from:
- Bioterrorism Week
- Article date:
- February 10, 2003
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2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The needle that delivers smallpox vaccine is only about 3 inches long, with two tiny prongs at one end. But for legions of health care workers nationwide, it symbolizes a complex personal choice.
These doctors, nurses, and public health officials must decide whether to volunteer for the vaccine so they could treat patients in a bioterrorist smallpox attack. But the vaccine itself can cause fierce side effects and even sicken others close to those vaccinated.
As an emergency room nurse in Milwaukee, Lisa Hass-Peters knows she is a prime candidate for a smallpox response team.
But her husband, Jeff, has ...