Terror and triage: prioritizing access to mass smallpox vaccination.
In response to the threat of a smallpox attack on the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") recommended the establishment of smallpox clinics designed to distribute a vaccine to the entire U.S. population in a ten day period. However, a number of potential obstacles raise questions about the feasibility of this plan. What is needed is a plan that applies principles of triage to smallpox vaccine distribution following a bioterrorism attack. Only in this way can those most vulnerable--the previously unvaccinated--be protected from a significantly increased risk due to delays that might arise in executing the CDC plan.
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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA.
May
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D023482:Bioterrorism / Q000517:prevention & control; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000379:methods; D012900:Smallpox Vaccine / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States
D012900:Smallpox Vaccine