Small Pox Vaccines, will you take them?
 

I guess the US goverment plans on giving out vaccines for small pox in case of a biological attack. The vaccines will cause a estimated 200 deaths along with 1000s of cases of side effects per 1million doses. This is planned to be made a option for the US public in the year 2004.
Personally I will not be taking the vaccine, I get the flu after a flu shot.

I'll die from smallpox before I take that shot.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/healt...x/smallpox.jpg


I think I will be first in line

I think the chance of dying from the shot is greater then dying from small pox from a biological attack.
The US must feel that this is a real threat, they said any country who strikes the US with chemical/bio weapons will wish they never havent, aka nuke the piss out off them untill their shawdows are burnt into the ground from X-rays

If such a attack actually happened, wouldnt it spread faster then wildfire being that we are so mobile? One infected person could go take a flight and seriously fuck some shit up.
Who would use this as a methond of attack when there is the slight change that it could spread back their way?

kenny - why wouldn't this apply to people outside the US? Are you that ignorant?
*Other countries are ordering the vaccine

I wouldn't take the small pox vaccine until other people started getting it.
I'd risk the chance that I wouldn't be first to catch it.

BTW the virus only spreads in the later stage when the person has those bumps.

isolation works almost as good if not better than the vaccine.. I won't be taking it given how often i leave the house :)

NO links to any REAL info on this? Or just more CNN jibber jabber?

huh...What do you mean REAL info?
Kenny is just asking if you would take a smallpox vaccine or not.

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Thought he was saying it was being issued

heheh

thought this was a MassiveCock thread heheh

lots of people got these shots in the 70's...its no big deal

Smallpox: An Attack Scenario (from the CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/otoole.htm

None of these people are protected anymore. You have to take new shots after a couple of years..

I read that even perfectly healthy people, (not people with weak immune systems like those who are undergoing chemo or are who HIV positive) are still at risk from becoming ill from this shot. I also read that sometimes people develop tuberculosis later in life as a result of smallpox vaccination More info here

I also read that some side effects of the vaccination could include hearing loss, heart damage, retardation, and loads of other stuff Click here for more side effects of the vaccination

I am totally freaked about this vaccination. Is it true that this vaccination is going to be mandatory? I also read that the government are going to be enforcing laws where its going to
be a CRIME and a FELONY if you resist taking the vaccinations, and that they will develop devices they can use in order to detect
if someone has had this vaccination or not. Here's a quote from
an article

"MEHPA makes it a criminal offense to refuse a state-ordered vaccination or medical procedure. In some states where it has already become law, refusing a compulsory vaccination is a felony. States have some leeway in determining the severity of the penalties, but in all cases the act permits the immediate confiscation and/or destruction of any private property without any procedural review in the event of a health emergency.

Today's smallpox vaccine announcement combined with MEHPA demonstrates that the U.S. government, through the state agencies dependent upon federal funding, will soon be in the position to compel Americans to take vaccines that might not work and pose a significant health risk. The government will also be able to impose legal punishment on those who refuse vaccinations.

According to the White House's proposal for a Department of Homeland Security, the federal government is also asking for technologies to determine via "non invasive" measures whether or not members of the population have received appropriate vaccinations."


Full article


I hate to sound like MassiveCock, but I even heard about some people theorizing that the government might implant a microchip
into the vaccination so that they can monitor every person. Ofcourse this is far fetched, but you never know!! :helpme

I think the US government and the media are overreacting. This scares people. It's not necessary.

They are going to start with health care workers and the military.

They can shoot my ass but I will not get that shot. Anyone seen the shit that went on with the Anthrax shot they gave the military?

Terrorists don't need germ warfare to fuck with us. What did they use last time? Boxcutters. Next time could be a gasoline tanker truck with explosives attatched. They will use simple everyday tools against us not some exotic shit.

Unless a Smallpox epidemic breaks out, I will not be taking the shot.

I'm sure they will not make anybody take the shot unless there is an attack.

Unless you are in the military. The people who refused to take the Anthrax shots were court marshalled and discharged.

no

I saw it on the news channel and they didnt mention any other countries, dont have to flame a guy for not being aware:winkwink: