-Caveat Lector-
Now if the government will admit to the truth of the Swine Flu vaccine and
others we may not be aware of being potentially devastating, we will be
getting somewhere. Who knows what was given in the past when we were all so
trusting.
AKE
----- Original Message -----
From: flw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 2:53 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Army Poisons The Troops
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Looks like the recent spate of Army and Marine
> "Refusniks" are... right on!
>
> Wondering about all the crap they pumped into my veins
> 30 years ago.
> flw
>
> NY TIMES 6/29/99
>
> Anthrax Vaccine Could Be Dangerous
>
> Filed at 9:36 a.m. EDT
> By The Associated Press
>
> SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A high-ranking military leader has acknowledged that the
> mandatory anthrax vaccination for American troops can be potentially
> dangerous, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported today.
>
> Citing military documents, the paper reported Army Secretary Louis Caldera
> agreed in September that the government would accept the burden of
> potential liability claims by service members against the vaccine's
> manufacturer.
>
> According to a memo signed by Caldera, the vaccine ``involves unusually
> hazardous risks associated with the potential for adverse reactions in
some
> recipients and the possibility that the desired immunological effect will
> not be obtained by all recipients.''
>
> Caldera also said there is no certainty that the anthrax used in tests to
> gauge the vaccine's effectiveness ``will be sufficiently similar to the
> pathogen that U.S. forces might encounter'' during warfare, the paper
> reported.
>
> Department of Defense officials last week insisted that the vaccine is
> safe, despite wording in Caldera's letter, the paper said.
>
> Army Col. Dick Bridges, a senior Defense Department spokesman, said the
> agreement was ``legalese'' and likened it to a newspaper buying libel
> insurance.
>
> ``You don't expect to libel anyone, but you can't say it's never going to
> happen,'' Bridges said.
>
> The Army is the lead agency in acquiring the vaccine for all of the armed
> forces. Caldera's decision to shift liability to the government may mean
> that Michigan-based BioPort Corp. would not have to pay for lawsuits
> contending the vaccine caused adverse reactions in recipients or failed to
> protect service members.
>
> The manufacturer has a single-source contract with the government to
> produce about 6.3 million doses of the vaccine.
>
> Caldera's acknowledgment of the vaccine's potential dangers comes at a
time
> when the Pentagon is conducting an educational campaign to assure service
> members that the vaccine is safe.
>
> ``This is another stunning example of the misleading and false statements
> made by senior military leaders about the vaccine's safety,'' said Marc
> Zaid, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who helped represent five Marines in
> Twentynine Palms who have refused to take the vaccine.
>
> ``It appears to indicate either the service members are just and correct
in
> their reasons for refusing the shots, or the Army has blatantly distorted
> the true picture of the vaccine's safety,'' Zaid said.
>
> The Pentagon started the $130 million anthrax inoculation campaign in
> March, with plans to inoculate nearly 2.5 million active-duty personnel
and
> reservists with six injections over an 18-month period, to be followed by
a
> booster annually.
>
> According to the Pentagon, more than 220,000 members of the military have
> been immunized and about 200 have refused. Forty-two of those who had the
> vaccine reported adverse effects. All recovered.
>
> On Monday, two Marines were convicted of disobeying a lawful order by
> refusing to take the anthrax vaccine.
>
> The courts-martial completed prosecutions of five servicemen at the Marine
> Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms. All were convicted.
>
> Lance Cpl. Michael McIntyre, 22, of Mount Vernon, Wash., was given 30 days
> in confinement and a bad-conduct discharge. Lance Cpl. Jared Johnston, 19,
> of Henryetta, Okla., received 25 days in confinement and a bad-conduct
> discharge.
>
> The previous three Marines received similar sentences.
>
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