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Sunday, July 07, 2002Many local health departments, as in Santa Clara County's case, have not waited for federal assistance but are already moving forward with their own bioterrorism preparedness plans. By and large, they've been simply waiting to learn from federal authorities how many doses of the vaccine they can count on. ``We have started discussions with hospitals about how do we go about getting a vaccine to the appropriate `first responders,' '' said Joy Alexio, spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Department of Health. ``Then, as we get further information from the federal government, we'll work with the state to develop details about how to institute mass vaccinations,'' she said. This, too is a good sign. It means that the local health departments haven't necessarily been following the CDC party line, and have been thinking on their own. Of course, this is just one local health department. It's hard to say what all the others have been doing. posted by Sydney on 7/07/2002 06:58:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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