Workers Protest Smallpox Vaccination

 

At Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, officials explained that the risk of dangerous side effects from the vaccine and the possible transmission to others was greater than the chance of an attack with a virus that has not been seen since the 1970s.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Emory Medical Center in Atlanta and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have expressed similar concerns.

The vaccine is risky for 1 in 6 Americans who are pregnant, suffer from eczema or other skin disorders, or whose immune systems are suppressed because of conditions like HIV, cancer, or transplant treatments, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

However, the president’s plan fails to provide free, confidential screening for those conditions before workers or the public are given the vaccine, say critics. It also does not do enough to safeguard vulnerable patients who could come into contact with the 500,000 hospital workers being asked to volunteer for the vaccine, they add.


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