| It very well could be real, but for now it's | | | | |
| the latest heart-pounding fiction book, | | | | Dr. Reyes also authored Health-Care Reform or |
| Sledgehammer, about a terrorist who arrives | | | | Redistribution of Cost? and in his research |
| in the ER with smallpox symptoms. An ER | | | | of the health care system, he has seen its |
| physician suspects it but has just six days | | | | shortcomings. Realizing there is clear and |
| to convince hospital executives and the U.S. | | | | present danger of a terrorist attack in the |
| Government before an epidemic breaks out. | | | | health care system has prompted him to |
| | | | support voluntary smallpox vaccinations. |
| The story is brought vividly to life by Dr. | | | | |
| Paulo J. Reyes who obtained his MD at the | | | | The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) |
| UCSF School of Medicine, has 25 years in | | | | considers smallpox as a possible danger and |
| medicine and internal medicine and is a First | | | | includes it as one of the possible agents of |
| Responder for the busiest cities in | | | | a bioterrorist attack, in its website under |
| California specifically in terrorists | | | | the subheading Emergency Preparedness and |
| training. | | | | Response along with anthrax, plague, and |
| | | | tularemia. |
| In Sledgehammer, the lead character, Max | | | | |
| Kroose, an intuitive emergency room | | | | Reyes believes the Federal Government should |
| physician, believes terrorists are to blame | | | | consider a trial program to detect the |
| for the attack and fears the more lethal form | | | | presence of the virus - similar to a |
| of smallpox, called Sledgehammer, will kill | | | | pregnancy test - so if the disease presents |
| within days. As time progresses, the | | | | itself, it will be detected before it becomes |
| terrorists planned attacks at a sports arena, | | | | an epidemic or pandemic. |
| mall and airport must be stopped. The | | | | |
| question becomes can this ER doctor convince | | | | The American public is immuno-naïve to |
| the hospital administration and the public | | | | smallpox, which means it could spread very |
| health care system about the presence of this | | | | rapidly, Reyes says. And containment could be |
| deadly disease and the need to vaccinate the | | | | even more difficult or impossible if the |
| American public. You won't be able to stop | | | | virus was aerosolized, which the CDC believes |
| reading as you seek to find out the truth in | | | | may be the case, he says. |
| this non-stop thriller. | | | | |
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| How big a threat is smallpox? "The Federal | | | | |
| Government should allow voluntary smallpox | | | | Dr. Paulo J. Reyes has previously appeared on |
| vaccinations to protect us from smallpox | | | | CNN and is available for TV, Radio, |
| bioterrorist attacks," says Dr. Reyes. "At | | | | newspaper, article quotes, and other media |
| the very least the Federal Government should | | | | interviews. Please contact Diana at or (954) |
| allow voluntary vaccinations of the first | | | | 971-4025. Stop by his site for the latest |
| responders which should include all hospital | | | | information and updates on current news - |
| medical staff. The President and the military | | | | |
| have been vaccinated. Why shouldn't the | | | | Free to reprint as long as author's bio |
| American public?" | | | | remains intact. |