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New web site explained risks of disease and related vaccine

Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 29th, 2003

What do a lottery ticket and a smallpox vaccination have in common'

Before getting either one you need to understand the odds it will pay off, said University of Florida smallpox expert Dr. Parker Small Jr., MD, a professor of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine with UF's College of Medicine.

Small and risk assessment specialist John Paling, PhD, a UF environmental toxicologist, have set up a new web site to help people concerned about smallpox bioterrorism evaluate the risk posed by the viral disease and the vaccine intended to prevent it.

"Our main point is that all people are not at equal risk," Small said. "Where...

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