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Sunday, July 28, 2002Complications include a skin infection called eczema vaccinatum. People with eczema who touch a recently vaccinated person can develop this potentially fatal complication. HIV infections, cancer treatments that can suppress the immune system, and people with transplanted organs all are more susceptible to complications from smallpox vaccines. That raises the question of lawsuits, and Henderson said his team is thinking seriously about that. "To me it looks like this is going to be a great place for a trial lawyer to go to make a lot of money," Tennessee Republican Senator Bill Frist, a doctor, told the briefing. When they tell the story of the fall of democracy, the central players will be the trial lawyers. UPDATE: Fairhaven, the River has a link today to the Yearbook of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which includes this essay by D.A. Henderson on bioterror preparedness. posted by Sydney on 7/28/2002 07:30:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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