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Smallpox Vaccination Risks and Public Policy
J. Michael Lane, MD, MPH, and
Joel Goldstein, MD
6 January 2004 | Volume 140 Issue 1 | Page 67
IN RESPONSE:
We appreciate Dr. Cooper's letter and agree with him completely. Exhalation of variola virus is reduced by wearing a simple surgical mask (1). We erroneously extrapolated that datum into use of an N95 respirator. In addition to Dr. Cooper's points, the edema and facial distortion of patients with smallpox make N95 respirators impractical.
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From Atlanta, GA 30307; and The Children's Clinic; Morrow, GA 30260.
1. Downie AW, Meiklejohn M, St Vincent L, Rao AR, Sundara Babu BV, Kempe CH. The recovery of smallpox virus from patients and their environment in a smallpox hospital Bull World Health Organ. 1965;33:615-22. [PMID: 4285461].[Medline]
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