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			POINT PAPER
 				ON
 MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

(U) Purpose

 (D) To provide a status update on the Medical biological
 defense program for operation Desert Shield.

(U)  DISCUSSION

	(U) Vaccines 
		
		--On 2 Jan 91, vaccine sufficient to immunize 100K personnel against anthrax (Ax) and 10K personnel against botulinum toxin [BT) deployed to AOR; additional 46K doses Ax vaccine being held in reserve in theater

		--About 60K personnel designated by CINCCENT to be vaccinated have received first dose Ax; additional 40K scheduled for first dose NLT 22 Jan 91; second doses to start 22 Jan 91; est 12 Feb 91 to have 100K personnel protected against Ax

			 --- Ax vaccine effective 28 days after first dose; 14 days after second dose 

			--- BT vaccine effective 14 weeks after first dose; 3 doses given at week 0, 2, and 12 

		-- Projected additional Ax vaccine availability 

			Additional Personnel
 DATE			 Who Can be Vaccinated

 26 Jan 91		 35K 
5 Feb 91		35K 
25 Feb 91 		52K 
21 Mar 91		105K 
26 May 91		700k 

		-- Projected additional BT vaccine availability

			Additional Personnel
Date 			"Who Can be Vaccinated
3 Feb 91		 25K 
4 Mar 91		 15K 
4 Apr 91		 15K 

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