CDC to Destroy Oldest Smallpox Vaccine
March 1st, 2008 By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer(AP) -- The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers - the oldest smallpox vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month made arrangements to dispose of the last of its 12 million doses of Dryvax, and notified other health departments and the military to do the same by Feb. 29.
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It seems this is long over due, there having been no small pox observed since 1980, it's a wonder why the adults in 2003 were being 'vaccinated' against it in any case...
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