Monday, February 10, 2003
UPDATE ON MASS SMALLPOX VACCINE CAMPAIGN
FEBRUARY 10. Several medical people have contacted me with information and questions about how the mass smallpox-vaccine campaign is going.
Here are some items they may be able to use in bringing sanity to the hundreds of thousands of potential first-responders who are trying to decide whether to take the vaccine now as a condition of their work. (Dates of news stories below are for Internet posting and may actually be slightly earlier.)
AP, Feb.7. “Two weeks into a national vaccination program that was expected to take a month, smallpox vaccinations have begun in just 16 states. A top federal official acknowledged Thursday that the program was off to a slow start, citing the unresolved issue of compensation for people harmed by the vaccine as well as confusion about the risk of a bioterrorism attack. Federal officials had hoped states would vaccinate close to 500,000 health care workers in about 30 days, beginning in late January. As of Wednesday [Feb.5], 687 people in 16 states had been inoculated.”
SAY WHAT?
Tampa Tribune, Feb. 7. “Florida is seeking recruits in the war against bioterrorism, but some health workers are hesitating to join the government’s smallpox inoculation plan…Thursday, one of Hillsborough County’s 10 acute-care hospitals snubbed the program, and two others were on the fence. The objection: side effects…and questions about who will pay for treatments if a volunteer gets sick [from the vaccine].”
UH HUH.
Tallahassee Democrat, Feb. 7. “Faced with growing resistance, the Bush administration’s smallpox vaccination plan is off to a slow start and may have to be dramatically scaled back…employee unions are balking, big hospitals are opting out, and crucial questions about liability and compensation for vaccine side effects remain unanswered.”
POW.
Houston Chronicle, Feb. 7. “As of Wednesday [Feb. 5], 687 people [nation-wide] had been inoculated, mostly those who will vaccinate others.”
PUT THEM ON FAST FLIGHT SCHEDULES AND GIVE THEM PLENTY OF AMPHETAMINES.
Toledo Blade, Feb. 7. “…the state [Michigan] hasn’t decided when to begin vaccinations [of first responders].”
WONDER WHY.
Salt Lake Tribune, Feb. 7. “Last Friday, Los Angeles County said it ordered 9,200 doses and expects to vaccinate only about 60 of its nurses, doctors, and epidemiologists during the program’s first, weeklong phase.”
BECAUSE ONLY 60 STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE?
The Sacramento Bee, Feb. 7. “At least 15 hospitals in Los Angeles County have decided against taking part immediately in a nationwide program to inoculate medical staff against smallpox. ‘The risks of offering the vaccine far outweigh the benefits at this time,’ said Dan Boyle of Providence Health System, which has hospitals in Burbank and Mission Hills.”
OFF TO A REALLY GREAT START, MR. BUSH. CAN YOU SAY “GERALD FORD AND THE SWINE-FLU VACCINE DISASTER?”
Memphis Commercial Appeal, Feb. 6. “State health officials said Wednesday that concerns over compensation for people injured by the smallpox vaccine are hampering the inoculation program, which has vaccinated just a few hundred people so far.”
BOOM.
Tacoma News Tribune, Feb. 6. “While the state [of Washington] moves ahead [with the vaccination plan], local hospitals fret. Throughout the South Sound, private health care providers are refusing to join the voluntary vaccination program, citing concerns about the safety of their patients and workers, and potential liability.”
ZAP.
LA Times, Feb. 6. “Nine of LA County’s 83 eligible hospitals have submitted the names of employees willing to receive inoculations---and most of these [nine hospitals] are small.”
BANG.
Boston Globe, Feb. 6. “…three influential Boston hospitals remain deeply cautious about President Bush’s vaccination campaign and have not yet committed to inoculating their staffs. Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Children’s Hospital have yet to decide whether their doctors, nurses, and other staff will be given smallpox shots, said Dr. Alfred Demaria, director of communicable disease control for the state Department of Public Health.”
ZING.
But hey, don’t YOU worry, your sleeve rolled up, a nurse bringing the needle into position.
JON RAPPOPORT www.stratiawire.com
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