The immunization plan was a fiasco.
"My first concern was that it would harm the credibility of the immunization program," he says.
The Internet also offers guidance on how parents can skirt the immunization requirements for entering school.
He said the scientific community needed to "rethink the immunization priority for our people against smallpox".
Mr. Giuliani said that his Compstat program is the immunization against increased crime.
To monitor the immunization of four million children, Pankaj had just four people.
The immunization rates for adults, who often lack insurance coverage, are far lower.
Volunteers play a critical role; 20 million people have taken part in the immunization programs.
In August 2003 the state governor suspended the immunization program.
Her death was almost certainly a coincidence, but the cumulative effect of such accounts was devastating to the immunization program.
The immunization program's success hinges on parents' trust in vaccine safety, the centers' director, Dr. Julie Gerberding, said.
