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Article: How San Diego would react to a smallpox threat. (Opinion).(a discussion of smallpox and how San Diego would react if an outbreak were to occur)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 24, 2003
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The world breathed a collective sigh of relief in 1980 when the World Health Organization declared smallpox stricken from the earth -- but then came Sept. 11 and the anthrax letters of October 2001. Ever since, federal, state, and local authorities have been scrambling to prepare the nation for the potential of a bioterrorist attack. Hopefully this article will help you better understand this threat and our local response plans for the San Diego area.
The last case of smallpox in the United States was in 1949, and the last naturally occurring case in the world was in Somalia in 1977. Routine vaccinations in the U.S. ceased in 1972 and were stopped worldwide in ...