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Friday, December 27, 2002The one basic function that all public health departments universally perform is immunization. They have flu immunization clinics every fall. They're the places people go if they need odd immunizations for travel, such as the one for yellow fever. Surely, the simple task of administering a vaccine that's been supplied by the government, to a limited number of people, won't tax them that much. If they're worried about treating any potential complications from the vaccine, well, they should relax. It's the community physicians who would treat those, not the health departments. Surely, their real complaint is the money needed for other bioterrorism preparedness issues - such as updating computer systems and lab facilities. It's just easier to blame the smallpox vaccine plan, since that's the most controversial of all. It also happens to be the one that is opposed almost universally by the public health community. UPDATE: Emergency Medical Technician blogger Chuck Simmins has some thoughts about this, too. He's, er, upset, to put it mildly. posted by Sydney on 12/27/2002 08:52:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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