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US Military Preparing To
Vaccinate Troops For Smallpox

VOA News
10-14-2


The New York Times newspaper reports the U.S. military is preparing to vaccinate up to one-half-million troops for smallpox as the White House moves closer to military action against Iraq.
 
The newspaper quotes military and Bush Administration officials as saying the inoculations are expected to begin as soon as the vaccine is licensed in mid-November.
 
The officials say leading military and civilian advisors to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and top medical experts recommended that the troops be inoculated.
 
Most of the troops would be in units that might be deployed to the Middle East though others would be vaccinated as well.
 
Smallpox was declared eradicated more than 20 years ago, but recently public attention has focused on the possibility of the use of the disease as a biological weapon.





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