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The longer you wait, the longer you go with less protection.
If you get behind schedule, you don't have to start over. Just resume where you left off.
Public health experts agree you don't have to start over: CDC, FDA, ACIP, AFEB, etc.
Picking up where you left off is the norm for all vaccines, including those for American children.
Delays don't reduce the protection you eventually get.
Each dose is like walking up a set of stairs towards full protection.
Most people begin to make antibodies with the first dose of anthrax vaccine.
The goal is to climb the whole staircase, which is 5 doses for anthrax vaccine.
Sometimes, doses are intentionally delayed for medical reasons (e.g., pregnancy, individual exemptions)
or due to supply shortages.
Many troops had anthrax vaccinations deferred because of a limited supply of vaccine.
Vaccine supply shortages happen from time to time.
Examples: Diptheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) in 1985, influenza in 2000, tetanus in 2001, pneumococcal in 2001-02, others.
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