Medical Journal endorses smallpox vaccines.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Security Beat

The New England Journal of Medicine has issued a report on the need for smallpox vaccinations. "The possibility of biological warfare has entered the national psyche," wrote Terry Schraeder and Edward Campion, both medical doctors.

The report says that since no statistical model can predict the thoughts of a terrorist, decisions must be made to administer the smallpox vaccine nor just to health care professionals, but also to patients.

"The complications of the smallpox vaccine will be both real and random. Fortunately, they will also be rare. Even for those of...