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Smallpox: Panel Says Prepare Smallpox Response, Shun Vaccinations In a report issued yesterday, a top U.S. scientific panel reiterated its long-standing opposition to widespread, pre-emptive smallpox immunizations (see GSN, July 25). The Institute of Medicine committee said the vaccine is too dangerous to use before an outbreak, and recommended that U.S. officials instead prepare an efficient and quick response to a biological terrorist attack. “It does not make sense to give a vaccine with substantial risks against a disease that does not exist — in fact, that could be considered unethical,” said committee Chairman Brian Strom, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Elizabeth Olson, New York Times, Aug. 13).
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