What is Stanislaus County Public Health Departments Emergency Plan?
Our county’s emergency operations plan includes specific response to bioterrorism. As with any emergency, a coordinated response will be conducted with fire, police, health care providers and other public agencies. In the case of bioterrorism, the plan addresses detection, surveillance, laboratory analysis, emergency response, treatment, and communication with the public. Also the Public Health Department is instructing our county’s physicians to report any suspicious illness immediately. Will antibiotics protect me against smallpox? Antibiotics are meant to fight off bacterial infections. They cannot be used against viral infections. Since smallpox is caused by a virus, antibiotics will not fight the smallpox infection. Where can I get smallpox vaccine? In the United States, routine vaccination against smallpox ended in 1972. The smallpox vaccine is not currently available to the general public. At this time, national plans do not include routine vaccination of the public against smal
