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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings
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To: Lane3 who wrote (3991)11/12/2001 11:27:33 AM
From: jcky  Read Replies (1) of 14610
 
Hi Karen,

I agree with your assessment.

Initially, the World Health Organization attempted to eradicate small pox by vaccinating every single man, woman and child on the face of this planet. And with good success.

But they soon found out that a directed vaccination plan against areas of a small pox outbreak (vaccinations of all individuals within the vicinity that have the highest risk of contraction), coupled with a sound quarantine strategy, worked significantly better without exposing everyone to the potential side effects of the vaccine. Now if this strategy worked in densely populated areas of the world like India then it should also work today.

If the small pox vaccination were offered today, it would raise more issues than answers right now. The program must be offered to all individuals (and this must include non-resident aliens) in our country, regardless of socioeconomic class, and paid for by US tax dollars. Otherwise, this could potentially develop into a political debate over basic health care services for the rich versus the poor. And whenever this debate surfaces, it is inevitable that someone somewhere will bring up the nasty "R" word to implicate social injustice.

If the vaccines were offered to everyone or individuals were given the choice of whether or not to be vaccinated, there still is the sticky issue of how to properly inform potential vaccinees of the possible benefits/risks and how to set up vaccination stations which provide equal access to all individuals in our country (hospitals? doctors' offices? postal stations? public schools?).

And when that fatality does occurs as the result of the potential side effect from the vaccinations, there will be some lawyers somewhere who will blame society as the root cause of their clients' ills and sue everyone in the process.
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