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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Anthrax vaccinations expected to resume in late January
Lawyer for six DOD employees vows to try to stop program
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday-Monday, December 31, 2006-January 1, 2007
ARLINGTON, Va. - Mandatory anthrax vaccinations for some troops are expected
to resume in late January, said Defense Department spokesman Maj. Stewart
Upton on Friday.
Meanwhile, an attorney representing six Defense Department employees who
refuse to take the vaccine has vowed that he will try to stop the mandatory
vaccination program.
In October, the Defense Department announced it was making anthrax
vaccinations mandatory for U.S. troops on the Korean peninsula and in the
U.S. Central Command area of operations.
At one time, shots were mandatory for all troops. But in 2004, a federal
judge halted the inoculations after finding the Food and Drug Administration
had made mistakes in determining the drug was safe.
The judge allowed the Defense Department to resume the shots on a voluntary
basis, but only about half of U.S. troops opted to get vaccinated, prompting
the department to make the vaccinations mandatory again for troops downrange
and in South Korea.
On Dec. 6, the Defense Department issued guidelines for implementing the
mandatory vaccinations to each branch of the service, Upton said in an
e-mail to Stars and Stripes.
Under the guidelines, the services have 45 days to get back to the
department on their implementation plans, Upton said.
"Once the implementation plans are approved, the service may commence
mandatory vaccination for the applicable categories of personnel," Upton
said. "This is expected in late January."
But Mark Zaid, a Washington, D.C., attorney who filed a class-action lawsuit
against the DOD over the program, has vowed to try to block mandatory shots
in court.
"We are well-prepared to challenge the Defense Department each time it
exercises poor judgment involving AVIP (Anthrax Vaccine and Immunization
Program), and will file a Temporary Restraining Order in January to attempt
to prevent any unlawful inoculations," Zaid said in a Friday e-mail to
Stripes.
Zaid has claimed that the anthrax vaccine is potentially unsafe, but the
Defense Department maintains the vaccine is safe and effective.
"Like all vaccines, anthrax vaccine can cause soreness, redness, itching,
swelling and lumps at the injection site," Defense health officials said in
October. "Beyond the injection site, some will notice rashes (an average of
16 percent), headaches (14 percent to 25 percent), joint aches (12 percent
to 15 percent), malaise (6 percent to 17 percent), muscle aches (3 percent
to 34 percent), nausea (3 percent to 9 percent), chills (2 percent to 6
percent), fever (1 percent to 5 percent). These symptoms usually go away
after a few days. The rates of these reactions are similar to those
experienced by recipients of other common vaccines."
But medically retired Air Force Capt. Kelli M. Donley has said she believes
the vaccine shrunk her cerebellum, the part of her brain that controls
muscle movement.
"I've had a litany of medical tests. It's not diabetes. It's not cancer. It's
not - Lyme disease didn't cause it. I mean, I've been poked and prodded. I've
had spinal taps. I've had genetic tests. Everything possible medically has
been ruled out," Donley said at an October symposium about the resumption of
mandatory anthrax vaccinations.
"What's that leave? Anthrax shots."
Our Anthrax information web site:
http://www.dallasnw.quik.com/cyberella/>http://www.dallasnw.quik.com/cyberella/
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Anthrax vaccinations expected to resume in late January
Lawyer for six DOD employees vows to try to stop program
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday-Monday, December 31, 2006-January 1, 2007
ARLINGTON, Va. - Mandatory anthrax vaccinations for some troops are expected
to resume in late January, said Defense Department spokesman Maj. Stewart
Upton on Friday.
Meanwhile, an attorney representing six Defense Department employees who
refuse to take the vaccine has vowed that he will try to stop the mandatory
vaccination program.
In October, the Defense Department announced it was making anthrax
vaccinations mandatory for U.S. troops on the Korean peninsula and in the
U.S. Central Command area of operations.
At one time, shots were mandatory for all troops. But in 2004, a federal
judge halted the inoculations after finding the Food and Drug Administration
had made mistakes in determining the drug was safe.
The judge allowed the Defense Department to resume the shots on a voluntary
basis, but only about half of U.S. troops opted to get vaccinated, prompting
the department to make the vaccinations mandatory again for troops downrange
and in South Korea.
On Dec. 6, the Defense Department issued guidelines for implementing the
mandatory vaccinations to each branch of the service, Upton said in an
e-mail to Stars and Stripes.
Under the guidelines, the services have 45 days to get back to the
department on their implementation plans, Upton said.
"Once the implementation plans are approved, the service may commence
mandatory vaccination for the applicable categories of personnel," Upton
said. "This is expected in late January."
But Mark Zaid, a Washington, D.C., attorney who filed a class-action lawsuit
against the DOD over the program, has vowed to try to block mandatory shots
in court.
"We are well-prepared to challenge the Defense Department each time it
exercises poor judgment involving AVIP (Anthrax Vaccine and Immunization
Program), and will file a Temporary Restraining Order in January to attempt
to prevent any unlawful inoculations," Zaid said in a Friday e-mail to
Stripes.
Zaid has claimed that the anthrax vaccine is potentially unsafe, but the
Defense Department maintains the vaccine is safe and effective.
"Like all vaccines, anthrax vaccine can cause soreness, redness, itching,
swelling and lumps at the injection site," Defense health officials said in
October. "Beyond the injection site, some will notice rashes (an average of
16 percent), headaches (14 percent to 25 percent), joint aches (12 percent
to 15 percent), malaise (6 percent to 17 percent), muscle aches (3 percent
to 34 percent), nausea (3 percent to 9 percent), chills (2 percent to 6
percent), fever (1 percent to 5 percent). These symptoms usually go away
after a few days. The rates of these reactions are similar to those
experienced by recipients of other common vaccines."
But medically retired Air Force Capt. Kelli M. Donley has said she believes
the vaccine shrunk her cerebellum, the part of her brain that controls
muscle movement.
"I've had a litany of medical tests. It's not diabetes. It's not cancer. It's
not - Lyme disease didn't cause it. I mean, I've been poked and prodded. I've
had spinal taps. I've had genetic tests. Everything possible medically has
been ruled out," Donley said at an October symposium about the resumption of
mandatory anthrax vaccinations.
"What's that leave? Anthrax shots."
Our Anthrax information web site:
http://www.dallasnw.quik.com/cyberella/>http://www.dallasnw.quik.com/cyberella/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Anthrax-no/files/VAERS.pdf>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Anthrax-no/files/VAERS.pdf
DESTROY QUARANTINED VACCINE:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?robi2662&1
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?robi2662&1
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?robi2662&1
PETITION TO OVERTURN/REPEAL FERES DOCTRINE
http://www.petitiononline.com/fd1950/petition.html>http://www.petitiononline.com/fd1950/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/fd1950/petition.html>http://www.petitiononline.com/fd1950/petition.html
To visit Dr. Meryl Nass's web site, go to:
http://www.anthraxvaccine.org>http://www.anthraxvaccine.org
http://www.anthraxvaccine.org>http://www.anthraxvaccine.org
Also visit: Anthrax Vaccine Benefit vs Risk:
http://www.avip2001.net>http://www.avip2001.net AND
http://www.MajorBates.com/>http://www.MajorBates.com/
http://www.avip2001.net>http://www.avip2001.net AND
http://www.MajorBates.com/>http://www.MajorBates.com/
Anthrax Vaccine Network
http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/default.asp>http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/default.asp
http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/default.asp>http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/default.asp
Sgt. Sandra Larson's story:
http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/heroes/sandralarson.htm>http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/heroes/sandralarson.htm
http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/heroes/sandralarson.htm>http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/heroes/sandralarson.htm
http://www.avip2001.net/CongressionalTestimony.htm>http://www.avip2001.net/CongressionalTestimony.htm
Tom Heemstra's new book -
http://www.anthraxadeadlyshotinthedark.com/index.html>http://www.anthraxadeadlyshotinthedark.com/index.html
http://www.anthraxadeadlyshotinthedark.com/index.html>http://www.anthraxadeadlyshotinthedark.com/index.html
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