I just saw this NYT article on the smallpox vaccine and wondered again: "Will I vaccinate my kid?" A lot to process.
At the moment I am leaning against doing so until there is proof of a real threat, in part because of an article I read, that suggested that the USSR had developed smallpox variants that the vaccine doesn't provide immunity for, and that those variants may have been passed on to countries like Iraq. Nice world we live in, huh? If I think about it a lot, I feel like a failure, raising a child in a society where such a thing is possible.
Other resources:CDC Smallpox Home
What are you planning to do when the vaccine becomes available?
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