The AMA voted December 4 to take a cautious approach to any national smallpox vaccination program, urging the federal government to wait for good science before ordering vaccinations for all Americans.
The smallpox vaccine is associated with a number of side effects and vaccinating every American could result in as many as 300 deaths.
The Florida delegation backed the resolution that asked the AMA to "provide federal authority and funding for direct conversion of all available and appropriate vaccine facilities to create doses sufficient to appropriately vaccinate the entire population of the United States for smallpox."
Smallpox vaccination plans have gathered momentum because the viral infection could be used as a potent bioterrorism weapon. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced plans to buy as many as 300 million doses of smallpox vaccine.
Instead of endorsing universal smallpox vaccination, the AMA House approved a resolution that asks for more study of "risks and benefits of pre-exposure vaccination of the US population," while plans for mass vaccination continue.
The American Medical Association's (AMA) House of Delegates December 4, 2001 San Francisco, CA
A surprising development coming from the AMA, surprising indeed. It is encouraging indeed to see that they may be waking up to the harsh realities of the dangers of mass immunizations.
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