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The possibility of biologic warfare has entered the national psyche. Vaccination against smallpox has begun. For physicians and other health care professionals, the current call to arms means more than rolling up our sleeves for the prick of a bifurcated smallpox-vaccine needle. It means making sensitive decisions for ourselves and giving important education and advice to our patients. After all, we have faced fearful uncertainties before, and we do have wisdom from past experience (Figure).

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From the Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Mass. (T.L.S.). Dr. Schraeder is an editorial fellow at the Journal.

This article was published at www.nejm.org on December 19, 2002.

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