Aug 23, 2013
When the state health department calls to tell you about a report received after hours
and it's a smallpox vaccine adverse event in a soldier
(I mean, they do get vaccinated for it before deployment, so an adverse event in military personnel is not unheard of. Serious, but not unheard of.)
and they are going to have a pow-wow about it
and not include you on it, but tell you their recommendations afterwards
Seriously? Because it's been so long since they've had to deal with a vaccinia adverse event? You know that local epi? The one who has the military base in their district? Yeah, pretty sure that local epi remembers how to respond since it's usually them that receives this call first.