JACKHAMMER BAR

[samuelsons]

Re: George Bush and his Wacky & Lethal Smallpox Vaccine Agenda

George Bush and his administration are bound and determined to innoculate the American public with a small pox vaccine. A report updated April 7, 2004 from the Centers for Disease Control located titled “Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting” located at: www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/files/annex-4.pdf says:

"This document is intended to act as a guide for monitoring the safety of a smallpox vaccine following a smallpox outbreak.(One single laboratory confirmed case is an outbreak)".

Then in another report titled “Guidelines for Large Scale Smallpox Vaccination Clinics” located at:
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/files/annex-3.pdf says:

"Following a confirmed smallpox outbreak within the United States, rapid voluntary vaccination of a large population may be required to:

1) Supplement priority surveillance and containment control strategies in areas with small pox cases

2) Reduce the "at-risk" population for additional intentional releases of small pox virus if the probability of such occurrences is considered significant

3) Address heightened public or political concerns regarding access to voluntary vaccination. Large-scale voluntary smallpox vaccination would be considered part of an overall national vaccination strategy and would be initiated following the approval of the Secretary of Health and Human Services”.

Red Flag#1: "Reduce the "at risk" population ?
Red Flag#2: "One single laboratory case" constitutes an "outbreak"

The "General Guidelines for Smallpox Vaccination Clinics” guide located at:
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/files/annex-2.pdf
continues with "Medical screening for contradictions must be done, and vaccination should generally not be recommended for persons with contradictions who are not otherwise identified as contacts. Medical screening planning should include strategies to facilitate referral to local public health or medical laboratories or clinics for voluntary and confidential HIV or pregnancy testing if requested by the participant. Consideration should be given to the potential use of rapid HIV tests at laboratories and clinics performing voluntary HIV testing if such a test is available and FDA approved".

Red Flag#3: There already is, and has been, an FDA approved rapid HIV test.
Red Flag#4: If a small pox outbreak is plaguing our community and only one required confirmed case is necessary to declare an “outbreak”, why unnecessarily jeopardize the health of individuals regardless of their HIV status? Maybe it will be used for more weird information gathering processing ? Who knows?

The amount of energy and resources put into this radical and potentially lethal smallpox vaccination agenda is unbelievable.

How about releasing the vaccines available for HIV/AIDS that have been tested, and shown to have remarkable results. I can guarantee you that people living with HIV/AIDS would much rather take their chances with an HIV vaccine versus a small pox vaccination any day. To be vaccinated with a potentially deadly smallpox vaccine for an outbreak of "one" smallpox case is absurd. When will it stop? Just because George Bush was made a fool when he first suggested a small pox vaccine a couple of summers ago, does not give him license to fabricate an "outbreak" and put people into a panic mode and risk their health.

A few examples of the resources that been expended on the smallpox program is provided in a recently updated version of the "Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting" dated April 7, 2004 are:

1) An elaborate "Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System" (VAERS) complete with a web site, “CDC vaccination packet for post-event vaccination with instructions on how to contact VAERS and the state health department adverse personnel should an adverse reaction occur”.

2) “Vaccine recipients will be provided with a diary report card to document their response to the vaccine”.

3) “In order to calculate the rate of reported adverse events, timely information on the number of doses of vaccine administered and the proportion of successful take responses are needed”.

4) “To monitor the most serious adverse events, presumably those most likely to be treated with VIG and/or cidofovir (under an IND), the requests for VIG and/or cidofovir will be tracked. Requests to CDC for VIG and CDV will be received through the CIL. State adverse event coordinators will conduct case followup for all vaccine recipients or contacts of vaccine recipients requiring such treatment and forward the follow-up information to CDC, as is required under the IND protocol. Vaers reports will also be reviewed for indications of either VIG or CDV use”.

5) Secondary transmission: "Because vaccine virus can be transmitted from the vaccination site if not appropriately covered and cared for, adverse events have been known to occur in contacts of vaccinated persons (e.g. eczema vaccinatum). If an adverse event is suspected or identified in a contact of a vaccine recipient, a VAERS report should be submitted with information on the person experiencing the adverse event. Such reports will be coded as the result of secondary transmission".

Worksheets, diary report cards, reporting forms, and all the tools necessary for tracking, adhering to, and documenting adverse reactions can be located at: www.vaers.org

If one web site is not enough for all your adverse reaction needs, another web site has been created to "assist clinicians in the evaluation and management of dermatologic, neurologic, and ophthalmologic adverse events following smallpox vaccination located at:
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/clinicians.asp

Another evaluation and report titled "General Guidelines for Smallpox Vaccination Clinics" Annex 2 pertains to the details of the actual “Smallpox Vaccination Clinics”.
Topics in the report include:

1) Determine Resource Needs
2) Identify Potential Clinic Sites
3) Obtain Authorization/Standing Orders
4) Plan Training
5) Publicize the Clinic
6) Clinic Operations:
a. Registration Staff
b. Medical Screeners
c. Vaccination Assistants
d. Vaccine Administrators
e. Forms Collectors
f. Clinic Flow Controllers
*This is just a sampling

The report also covers issues pertaining to security. An interesting statement says: "In the event of a bioterrorism event involving smallpox, the level of threat perceived by the public - whether real or imagined - may be extreme".

All of the above mentioned reports:
"Guidelines for Large Scale Smallpox Vaccination Clinics" Annex 3
"Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting" Annex 4
"General Guidelines for Smallpox Vaccination Clinics" Annex 2
And a lot more, can be located at: www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/index.asp

ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE HELP TO STOP THE INSANITY, AND GET BACK TO REAL CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. THANKS.