Why doesn’t everyone just get vaccinated?
A. The President has stated that at this time “our public health and national security experts do not believe that vaccination is necessary for the general public.” In addition, there are 30-50 million people that should not be vaccinated now because they or members of their household have certain risk factors, such as being immunosuppressed. However, in the face of a smallpox outbreak, the general public would be vaccinated to prevent large numbers of infections and deaths.
