Smallpox

ER workers ready for vaccine

Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 1st, 2003

In a town known for high-stakes gambling, Suzanne Lau is ready to risk a small chance of injury and even death to be vaccinated against smallpox. A nurse at one of the city's busiest emergency rooms, she probably will be among the first Americans in three decades to be offered the vaccine.

She does not betray any of the angst that has consumed federal officials now completing vaccination plans for the nation.

"It's what you do. It's part of the risk of the job," said Lau, whose hospital ID hangs on a red, white and blue cord, stamped USA, around her neck. "We're here to take care of the patients. That's the bottom line."

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2003-01-01)

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