Subject: [Anthrax-no] Editorial in the Amarillo Globe, 7-18-99
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 13:23:31 -0400
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From: anna nim <anna_nim@ix.netcom.com>

Amarillo Globe
Sunday, July 18,1999
Redmond H. Handy

Defense Department Threatens Lives Of Its Military Personnel

Question: Whatís the difference between the movie Wild Wild
West and
the militaryís anthrax vaccine?

Answer: One involves danger, gimmicks, and stunts; the other is
just
a movie.

The film is being seen by millions, and the vaccine policy also affects
millions in real life--2.5 million service members to be exact.
Ultimately,
the health of our national defense is also affected.

The third of at least five scheduled hearings on this matter by
the
House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security
occurred
recently as court-martials and new revelations are beginning to
multiply.
Letís examine the bullets in a few six shooters connected with this
issue.

Previous hearings and medical journals took these shots at the
vaccine policy:
* Improper FDA approval and oversight
* Threats to revoke the manufacturerís license for horrid
quality-control
* Quarantine of 25 of 31 vaccine lots
* Vast underreporting of serious shot reactions by the DOD
* Highly suspect claims of efficacy
* Inadequate justification for the program.

Military members seeing these bullets as real may depart at end
of
their tours or upon facing the vaccine personally because they see no
need to
risk their health for the so-called "protection" offered by the vaccine.

The first suspicions about the legitimacy of this program
occurred
when the Secretary of Defense announced it with the claim that a five
pound
bag of flour (anthrax) dispersed over Washington, D. C. would kill half
the
cityís population. The announcement failed to ask:

* How many inhaled anthrax spores are required to constitute a
lethal dose
* How many undetected passes the anthrax plane would have to
make
* What altitude would be required for a successful attack
* If an effective aerial dispensing system even exists
* What wind conditions would have to prevail
* Whether the cityís entire population would have to be on the
Mall
for that many to die.

This DOD announcement was a six shooter full of blanks. Science
journalist Daniel Greenberg warned recently about these type
pronouncements
which produce fear out of proportion to the threat probability.

But wait! Thereís more! The threat is big, but the vaccineís
capabilities are biggeróit slices; it dices; itís faster than a speeding
spore, able to leap tall safety concerns in a single bound; more
powerful
than a locomotive full of Russian-engineered anthrax. Itís Super
Vaccine,
according to Kenneth Bacon, DOD spokesman, who responded to questions
last
week by describing his experience with the shot: "My hair is growing
more
robust than ever. I sleep better. I eat better, run farther. Itís
been
nothing but a great experience."

Bacon should resign for his callous, arrogant, and disrespectful
comments. After taking the anthrax shot, people have been grounded
permanently from flying, had their hearts stop, experienced blackouts,
reported welts up and down their arms, contracted chronic fatigue
syndrome,
suffered memory loss, dizzy spells and constant joint pains, etc. Many
symptoms have not abated in these people months after taking the shot.
These
sick service members all deserve explanations and justice way beyond an
unlikely apology from the administration.

This anthrax program is not the first time the government has
pursued
a ludicrous vaccine policy. Check out this antique six shooter:
Harvardís
John F. Kennedy School of Government analysis of the swine flu vaccine
debacle in the 1970s reveals disturbing parallels:

* Government-fueled paranoia
* De-emphasis of the need to use antibiotics (for swine flu
complications)
* Inability to predict probability and severity of occurrence
* Changing incalculable risk to "not if, but when", suggesting
a
100% probability of occurrence
* The lack of anticipated serious side effects, even though
neither
vaccine was adequately tested.
* Field trials yielding depressing efficacy results and many
adverse
reactions.

After three swine flu vaccine deaths, the program was
discontinued
"in the interest of the safety of the public, in the interest of
credibility,
and in the interest of the practice of good medicine."

These motivations are excellent reasons for terminating DODís
anthrax
vaccine program today. How many more injuries will it take before
reactions
to the anthrax vaccine also parallel the aftermath of the swine flu
vaccine
in this respect--4,000 cases of nerve damage claims?

A key official (Admiral Crowe, former Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of
Staff) of a vaccine company (Bioport) has been allowed to lasso his old
captive market. DOD is using court martial spurs to enforce a flawed
policy
and website hanginí parties to get vicious with fellow American
citizens,
concerned parents and service members. But many in the posse hunting
down
the whole truth believe those promoting this snake oil will eventually
ride
off into the sunset.

Take this vaccine out to the barn and put it back on the dusty
shelf
it came from before this stuff does any more damage.

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