Smallpox

Smallpox Vaccine

Using the MedAlerts search engine, as of September 30, 2015 there had been 824 serious adverse events reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) in connection with smallpox-containing vaccines since 1990. Over 80% of those serious smallpox vaccine-related adverse events occurring in adults 17-44 years of age. Of these smallpox-vaccine related adverse event reports to VAERS, 16 were deaths, with over half of the deaths occurring in adults 17-44 years of age.

NVIC Special Reports

• Smallpox and Forced Vaccination: What Every American Should Know - Winter 2001
• Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act of 2003
• Current Smallpox Information - CDC
• FDA Talk Paper: Smallpox Vaccinees as Blood Donors - December 2002
• NVIC Warns of Risks of Proposed Mass Smallpox Vaccination Policy - Press Release - October 7, 2002
• NVIC Statement on CDC Plan - June 24, 2002