U.S. to decide on anthrax vaccine for kids

United Press International ^ | 25 OCT 2011 | UPI-staff

[TheSentry]

WASHINGTON, OCT25 (UPI)-The Obama Administration is
mulling whether an anthrax vaccine meant to protect
against bioterrorism attack should be tested on U.S.
children, officials say...

[TheSentry]

Of the orginal 800,000 healthy U.S. troops involved in the 1991 GULF WAR, approx. 25,000 are DEAD.
They were not killed by an enemy in war.
Many were not even deployed to the Persian Gulf War.
They were killed by the so-called "gulf-war-syndrome"
attributed directly to an illegal adjuvant (additive)
used by the DOD in the Anthrax Vaccine. This adjuvant, "Squalane", was being used admittedly
by the DOD in testing on animals in 1991. In subsequent GAO reports to Congress, the DOD
denys using Squalane in vaccine for U.S. troops,
however, ALL VACCINATION RECORDS for soldiers from that
time who are either severely ill or dead, are MISSING.

PLEASE refer to WWW.GULFWARVETS.COM for further documentation

By reading the excerpted GAO/Senate Report 103-97 below,
you will understand better why ANY TESTING
of ANY GOV'T. VACCINE on kids is LUNACY !

[ You can find this entire report by search/google ]

Anthrax vaccine is an FDA-approved vaccine that is considered safe and effective for individuals whose skin may come in contact with animal products such as hides, hair, or bones likely to contain the anthrax infection. It is also recommended for veterinarians and others who are likely to touch infected animals. (Note 61) However, the vaccine's effectiveness against inhaled anthrax is unknown. Unfortunately, when anthrax is used as a biological weapon, it is likely to be aerosolized and thus inhaled. Therefore, the efficacy of the vaccine against biological warfare is unknown.

It appears that there is only one relevant animal study which showed that anthrax vaccine apparently provided additional protection against relapse in monkeys exposed to inhalation anthrax and treated with antibiotics. (Note 62) Although the results of this study suggest the vaccine might protect against anthrax that has been sprayed, it is not sufficient to prove that anthrax vaccine is safe and effective as used in the Persian Gulf. The vaccine should therefore be considered investigational when used as a protection against biological warfare.

The anthrax vaccine is given as three injections 2 weeks apart, followed by three additional injections given 6, 12, and 18 months after the initial injection. If immunity is to be maintained, subsequent booster injections of anthrax vaccine are recommended at 1-year intervals. (Note 63) According to the Interagency Task Force on Persian Gulf War Illnesses, one dose provides some immunity in 85 percent of those individuals vaccinated. (Note 64)

According to the Michigan Department of Public Health which manufactures anthrax vaccine, it is not known whether anthrax vaccine is safe for pregnant women or their offspring.

III. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

A. FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS, DOD HAS KNOWINGLY EXPOSED MILITARY PERSONNEL TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, OFTEN IN SECRET. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report on September 28, 1994, which stated that between 1940 and 1974, DOD and other national security agencies studied hundreds of thousands of human subjects in tests and experiments involving hazardous substances. (Note 65) GAO stated that some tests and experiments were conducted in secret. Medical research involving the testing of nerve agents, nerve agent antidotes, psychochemicals, and irritants was often classified. Additionally, some work conducted for DOD by contractors still remains classified today. For example, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has not released the names of 15 of the approximately 80 organizations that conducted experiments under the MKULTRA program, which gave psychochemical drugs to an undetermined number of people without their knowledge or consent. According to the GAO report, the CIA has not released this information because the organizations do not want to be identified. (Note 66)

WORLD WAR II VETERANS

As recently as 1993, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences reported that an atmosphere of secrecy still existed regarding World War II testing of mustard gas and lewisite. (Note 67) Although many documents pertaining to the World War II testing programs were declassified shortly after World War II ended, others remain "restricted" even today. In addition to the classified or restricted documents, World War II veterans who participated in the research were sworn to secrecy. These classified documents and promises of secrecy have impeded medical care for thousands of veterans during half of the last century.

For example, Rudolph R. Mills participated in gas chamber experiments as an 18-year-old in 1945, one year after he joined the U.S. Navy. (Note 68) He was sworn to secrecy and did not learn until 46 years later that approximately 4,000 servicemen were human subjects in mustard gas experiments conducted from 1942 through 1945 by the Chemical Warfare Service. Although his health began to deteriorate even before his discharge from the Navy in 1946, he did not learn that mustard gas might be responsible for his physical problems until more than 40 years later. At a May 6, 1994, hearing of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, entitled "Is Military Research Hazardous to Veterans' Health? Lessons from World War II, the Persian Gulf War, and Today," Mr. Mills testified, "I had on an experimental mask and the Navy was trying to determine if people wearing these masks could communicate with each other. I was enticed to sing over the intercom....No one ever told me that the mask became less effective against the gas with each use....We were sworn to secrecy....At the age of 43 I underwent a long series of radiation treatments and later surgery to remove part of my voice box and larynx....It didn't occur to me that my exposure to mustard gas was responsible for my physical problems until June 1991, when I read an article in my hometown newspaper." (Note 69)

John T. Harrison participated in Navy chemical tests in 1943 to get an extra week pass. He was also sworn to secrecy. According to written testimony submitted to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs by Mr. Harrison, "[I] was never warned or told anything about the dangers of what [I] volunteered for....told never to reveal what [I] did or where [I] was; if anyone asked [I] was to say [I] was on rowing maneuvers." (Note 70) At the time of his discharge from the military, he could not even describe his exposures to a Navy doctor who was trying to determine the cause of his severe respiratory illnesses. Although Mr. Harrison has suffered from recurrent breathing problems and has greatly diminished pulmonary function, he has never received any compensation for his illness. According to the VA and DOD, his medical and services records have been lost, making it difficult to prove that his disability is service-connected.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Was this a quality control issue? How did this squalane (or squalene) get into the vaccine supply? How would we prevent similar issues if a new vaccine is found safe and effective for children — that nobody tampers with its formula without going back to extensive justification and testing before releasing the new formula?

[ConjunctionJunction]

Not my kid.

[Sarajevo]

Your article probably meant to spell it "Squalene"

Squalene is a natural organic compound originally obtained for commercial purposes primarily from shark liver oil, though plant sources (primarily vegetable oils) are used as well, including amaranth seed, rice bran, wheat germ, and olives. All plants and animals produce squalene, including humans. Squalene has been proposed to be an important part of the Mediterranean diet as it may be a chemopreventative substance that protects people from cancer. Squalene is a hydrocarbon and a triterpene, and is a natural and vital part of the synthesis of cholesterol, steroid hormones, and vitamin D in the human body. Squalene is used in cosmetics, and more recently as an immunologic adjuvant in vaccines.

[WKUHilltopper]

Obama—you got kids. Knock yourself out.

[Carry_Okie]

My biggest problem with vaccines is the adjuvants, particularly squalene. I suspect it induced rheumatoid arthritis in my wife's hands (zero family history and no reason to suspect injury or chronic stress, among other reasons).

That and the vaccine makers tend to be chasing last-year's strains has me concerned that we are over-doing it and not balancing risks correctly.

[SunkenCiv]

duplicate:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2799334/posts

[ml/nj]

How about if we test it first on Malia, Sasha, and as many children of Congress folks who wish to participate?

ML/NJ

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

The normal U.S. death rate from age 20 to 40 is about 140 per 100,000 per year.

That works out to 2800 since 1991 per 100,000 X 8 = 22,400

So MAYBE there are 2600 extra deaths or there is a rounding error?

Or somebody is using a true but irrelevant fact for a scam?

[MindBender26]

Just another scam “the sky is falling - the sky is falling” group. 9/11 Truther types in a new set of clothes.

BTW, of course drugs are tested on humans. You want soldiers to depend on them without testing them. War is Hell, but claiming 25,000 died from some what you even refer to as a “so-called” syndrome is complete BS

Yes, yes, yes, I know it's all some big conspiracy. So are Mashed Potatoes..... You knew about the Mashed Potato Syndrome, didn't you.

It run by the CIA, The Masons, The Illuminati, and of course, the bicycle riders.

[saint]

Not my kids, for sure.

But just for a little much needed sanity on FR, not on the White House or Congress kids either. No apologies for saying it either, because I still love my country and have hopes for it if our side can take the higher ground.

[ColdOne]

How about if we test it first on Malia, Sasha, and as many children of Congress folks who wish to participate? ;)

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[Alberta's Child]

That’s an excellent point, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that one of the indications of a possible “Gulf War Syndrome” was the higher incidence of these post-war fatalities in certain military units that had been involved in the ground campaign in Iraq/Kuwait in 1990-91. This is what led to some earlier speculation about possible health problems from the use of depleted-uranium ammunition.

[sarasmom]

All of my Wing level operations commanders went out of their way to make it quite clear, in public, that no individual under their direct command were to consider “mandatory annual flu shots” to be mandatory, no matter what agencies under the jurisdiction of the “base” commander implied.

Having acquired the skill of reading between the lines, I never subjected myself to those shots.

By chance, one day I was at a medical clinic when a delivery of vaccine was made. Every box was stamped “EXPERIMENTAL-NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION”.
The animal clinic was on the other side of the base...

Even in peacetime, REMF played games with the lives of active duty service members.

Not a lesson I will ever forget!

[lephantom]

No, it should be tested on all government persons, starting with the first islamic communist family.

[dancusa]

Will Sidwell Friends students be the 1st test subjects?

[Alas Babylon!]

ALL VACCINATION RECORDS for soldiers from that
time who are either severely ill or dead, are MISSING.

This is BS!

I had the DoD anthrax vaccine in 1991 (actually, it was a series of vaccines) and I'm looking at my old shot records I happen to be holding in my hand right now!!

I'm often severely ill but that's aging, not the vaccine.

[dforest]

Oh Yeah, lets pump some more poison into the innocent.

It is for their own good dontcha know. Cause there could be a crisis, like a gubmint spawned anthrax attack.

[unkus]

It is for their own good dontcha know. Cause there could be a crisis, like a gubmint spawned anthrax attack.

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Yep.