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Public Forums on the Use of Smallpox Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting four public forums to provide health professionals and the general public with information about smallpox and smallpox vaccine, and to solicit comments on the use of smallpox vaccine before and after a potential smallpox outbreak or bioterrorist attack.
Who: Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
What: Public Forums on the use of smallpox vaccine
Where/When:
Thursday,
June 6, 2002
Stern
Auditorium
One Gustave L. Levy Place
San
Francisco Marriott Downtown
55
Fourth
Street
Saturday, June 8, 2002
Renaissance
Airport Hotel
9801 Natural Bridge Road
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
200 East Market Street
Why: CDC and the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have asked the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the National Vaccine Advisory
Committee (NVAC) to review the current
Background: The last natural case of smallpox occurred
in 1977. The ACIP currently recommends that only scientists and laboratory
personnel who work with viruses related to smallpox be vaccinated with smallpox
vaccine. The ACIP does not currently recommend that any other people, including
members of the general public, be vaccinated prior to a confirmed case of
smallpox. By the end of this year or
early 2003, DHHS expects to have a stockpile of 286 million doses of smallpox
vaccine-enough to protect every United States citizen, if needed.
The
ACIP-NVAC Smallpox Working Group review primarily involves three questions:
1. With no known
cases of smallpox worldwide, should there be any change in the current recommendation for not
vaccinating members of the general public before there is a confirmed smallpox
case or a confirmed bioterrorism attack using smallpox?
2. In addition to
laboratory workers who work with viruses related to smallpox, are there other
individuals in specific occupational groups who should be vaccinated to enhance
smallpox preparedness? If so, what
guidelines should be used to determine which individuals should be vaccinated
before there is a confirmed smallpox case or a confirmed bioterrorism attack
using smallpox?
3. Should
there be any change(s) in the recommendation that surveillance and containment
("ring vaccination") be the primary control and containment strategy in the
event of a confirmed smallpox case or a confirmed bioterrorism attack using
smallpox?
For more information about smallpox
visit http://www.cdc.gov/
For public inquiries about smallpox
call:
· English
- 888 246 2675
· Espanol - 888 246 2857
· TTY - 866 874 2646
You can submit comments about
smallpox vaccine recommendations online at http://www.cdc.gov or submit your
comments in writing to ACIP-NVAC Smallpox Working Group, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, MS E-05, 1600 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA
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