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