Brett Bellmore
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Just read this:
http://www.dawn.com/2002/06/09/local23.htm
"SWABI: Smallpox epidemic spreading in Swabi
By Muqaddam Khan
SWABI, June 8: The smallpox epidemic is rapidly spreading in these parts of the province, but the district health department has failed to take any step to contain this deadly disease, Dawn learnt here on Saturday.
It has been reported from different parts of the Swabi district that a large number of children have suffered from smallpox, but the authorities concerned have failed to take any action to prevent this disease or immunize the people against it.
Smallpox is a fatal disease which causes high fever, leaves permanent marks on the skin and spreads very fast. Timely treatment and precautionary measures are vital for controlling this malady.
A health official said that the dilemma of the people was that they were not aware of the danger aspects of this ailment as the children suffering from it have neither been kept in isolation nor properly treated. And this resulted in the spread of the virus.
In most of the cases, the children of a family or those living close to each other, contract it at one and the same time.
The residents of Naro Banda, a rural area in the district, told this correspondent that a majority of the children in the village had suffered from smallpox a few years back. "My two brothers, Shams and Akhtar, have been afflicted by smallpox and I have appealed to the officials concerned, but they did not bother either to visit the area or take steps for controlling it," said Mukhtaj Ahmad of Naro Banda."
If this report is true, then the terrorists almost certainly have smallpox available to them, and the Bush administration's policy of not permitting civilian vaccination for this disease has just graduated from foolish to treasonously reckless. Since they won't let me get vaccinated, only thing to do is make sure the pantry is fully stocked, so I can wait the epidemic out.
http://www.dawn.com/2002/06/09/local23.htm
"SWABI: Smallpox epidemic spreading in Swabi
By Muqaddam Khan
SWABI, June 8: The smallpox epidemic is rapidly spreading in these parts of the province, but the district health department has failed to take any step to contain this deadly disease, Dawn learnt here on Saturday.
It has been reported from different parts of the Swabi district that a large number of children have suffered from smallpox, but the authorities concerned have failed to take any action to prevent this disease or immunize the people against it.
Smallpox is a fatal disease which causes high fever, leaves permanent marks on the skin and spreads very fast. Timely treatment and precautionary measures are vital for controlling this malady.
A health official said that the dilemma of the people was that they were not aware of the danger aspects of this ailment as the children suffering from it have neither been kept in isolation nor properly treated. And this resulted in the spread of the virus.
In most of the cases, the children of a family or those living close to each other, contract it at one and the same time.
The residents of Naro Banda, a rural area in the district, told this correspondent that a majority of the children in the village had suffered from smallpox a few years back. "My two brothers, Shams and Akhtar, have been afflicted by smallpox and I have appealed to the officials concerned, but they did not bother either to visit the area or take steps for controlling it," said Mukhtaj Ahmad of Naro Banda."
If this report is true, then the terrorists almost certainly have smallpox available to them, and the Bush administration's policy of not permitting civilian vaccination for this disease has just graduated from foolish to treasonously reckless. Since they won't let me get vaccinated, only thing to do is make sure the pantry is fully stocked, so I can wait the epidemic out.
