We are prepared to provide a significantly enhanced effort, a major effort, if needed.

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The combination of the anecdotal reports and the perceptions have led me to conclude that we need to perform a study to ... see if there are the adverse outcomes that some believe there might be.

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We worked together to develop what we believe is a thoughtful proposal that has great merit. We look forward to working together with the Congress to move forward.

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Our safety experience with smallpox vaccinations to date is consistent with what we expected overall. We have seen a small number of adverse reactions to the vaccine, mostly minor.

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All of these will contribute in a major way to preventing a second wave of disaster and grief in the way of medical and public health problems and diseases.

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