Panel considers reinstating smallpox vaccines-CNN

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Atlanta, GA: A government advisory panel considering whether to

recommend resumption of smallpox vaccinations heard from scientiests

Wednesday who argued against reinstating mass vaccinations for the

general public. Dr. Walter Ornstein,CDC: diptheria, measles and

mumps are much more contagious than smallpox, which is not easily

transmitted airborne--and smallpox's obious symptoms would key

doctors into its presence quickly. The smallpox vaccine is effective

even if given several days after exposure to the disease:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/conditions/06/20/smallpox.vaccine/inde

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