lookfar
18-10-2007, 11:15 AM
OMG, here we go again with more PRS crap!!:rolleyes: & guess what this fearmongering article is recommending.... yep more vaccinations!!!:rolleyes::eek:
Smallpox was certified as being eradicated in 1980 after a global vaccination campaign co-ordinated by the World Health Organisation.
Remaining laboratory stocks were either destroyed or transferred to two highly secure facilities in the US and Russia.
However, uncertainty over whether all stocks have been accounted for and the threat of terrorism has prompted the Department of Health to prepare contingency plans.
The East of England Smallpox Plan, obtained under the Freedom Of Information laws, states that the majority of the population is susceptible due to the suspension of routine vaccination and increased mobility.
The East's plan also provides for the vaccination of the entire regional population within five days in the event of a major outbreak .
In the event of large numbers of people being systematically infected by a determined terrorist, Dr Joe Kearney, Regional Director of the Health Protection Agency for the East of England, said there was sufficient vaccine in the UK for the entire population.
Smallpox has a high mortality rate - up to 50% according to Dr Kearney - and is highly infectious.
Full article here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6988931.stm)
Smallpox was certified as being eradicated in 1980 after a global vaccination campaign co-ordinated by the World Health Organisation.
Remaining laboratory stocks were either destroyed or transferred to two highly secure facilities in the US and Russia.
However, uncertainty over whether all stocks have been accounted for and the threat of terrorism has prompted the Department of Health to prepare contingency plans.
The East of England Smallpox Plan, obtained under the Freedom Of Information laws, states that the majority of the population is susceptible due to the suspension of routine vaccination and increased mobility.
The East's plan also provides for the vaccination of the entire regional population within five days in the event of a major outbreak .
In the event of large numbers of people being systematically infected by a determined terrorist, Dr Joe Kearney, Regional Director of the Health Protection Agency for the East of England, said there was sufficient vaccine in the UK for the entire population.
Smallpox has a high mortality rate - up to 50% according to Dr Kearney - and is highly infectious.
Full article here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6988931.stm)