If someone volunteers for smallpox vaccination, will they be forced to work wherever they are sent, including possibly to another hospital or health care facility, anywhere in the state?
No. Participation in the vaccination and response program is entirely voluntary. However, the purpose of the program is to have people available to respond to smallpox who are immune to smallpox. Health care and other responders are not being vaccinated because they might be exposed to smallpox (this could happen to anyone should smallpox virus be released), but rather are being vaccinated so that they can be asked to respond to smallpox, should it occur. It is most likely that people will be asked to respond to smallpox within their own professional scope of work and practice, within their own work setting, especially if the goal of having a sufficient number of vaccinated smallpox responders is achieved. However, there is the possibility that people might be asked to respond to smallpox in a setting other than their own usual work setting. This must obviously be voluntary and the cooperation of employers will be necessary, as well. It should be understood that the existence or transm
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