Pentagon: Anthrax shots suspended

[lebkuchen]

In an about-face decision, the Pentagon has stopped vaccinating troops against anthrax, halting the program and the quandary of what to do with troops who refuse to get the anthrax vaccine.

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Such was the confusion (typical Bush) earlier this week among the Pentagon’s leadership that Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, stood behind the Pentagon’s lectern Tuesday afternoon and refused to say whether the department planned to obey the judge’s order.

“So, in other words ... you won’t say right now whether or not the Department of Defense is complying with a federal court order? That’s your answer to us,” asked a defense reporter.

“That’s correct,” Winkenwerder responded. “There is interpretation of what that order means. That’s a process that we need to review, that we are reviewing, that our attorneys are reviewing. And we’ll have an answer as soon as practicable.”

Following the briefing, other officials scurried to retract the message. “Of course we’re going to comply with the order,” said one defense official. “The Defense Department does not go around breaking the law.”


http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=1954

LOL! What a circus this administration is.

[Devlzown]

1. Think this is related to the mad cow scare?

Aren't the vaccines made of blood and/or tissues from cows?

[Looiewu]

2. Huh?

No, this is not related to the Mad Cow Scare.

Sheesh!!!!

[Devlzown]

3. Who asked you anything?

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. WHAT kind of "people" are in that WH down there ??

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. . "United States District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled Monday that the anthrax inoculation violated a 1998 law that forbids experimental drugs to be imposed without either the person's consent or signature by the Chief in Command. This ruling is especially important to the active duty military who refused the vaccine.

For filing against the Pentagon over the mandatory anthrax inoculations, an Air Force officer received a sixty day base restriction and was fined the sum of $21,000. Another officer who filed along was pushed out of a fourteen year long military career.<2>

According to Public Health<3>, the Anthrax vaccine was never proven to be safe. Vaccinees reported symptoms of dizziness, laboured breathing, muscle aches, fatigue and ongoing headaches which also resembled a host of Gulf War illnesses (Gulf War Syndrome). Without adequate evaluation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved changes to the BioCorp's vaccine composition several times since 1990.

Despite confirming possible harm to unborn babies, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offered the vaccine to children and pregnant women. A 1996 U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) study revealed that out of thirty-five women given the vaccine only seven reportedly gave birth to healthy babies.



Someone's GOTTA makes some changes in the American Administration - FAST !

[tabasco]

5. Oh Great - I've had two of these damn shots.

I guess I have an excuse for being crazy now.