[Myrddin]

My son was forced to take anthrax vaccine as part of his "duties" in the Marines. It set off a horrible gum infection that bordered on life threatening. Not something you want forced on your children. Doing it to active duty military who "might" be in the line of fire in upcoming combat is potentially "defensible". There may have been "other" inoculations going on that weren't disclosed in my son's case.

[Jewbacca]

The vaccine use by US troops was a veternary vaccine produced by BioPort of Lansing, Mich. The FDA halted vaccine production at the plant about a decade ago because of improper manufacturing practices.

They did this as an emergy because Saddam had large quantaties of anthax -— somewhere. And, if inclined, could have used them.

Shortly after the Gulf War, the IDF developed a much more effective vaccine that has been tested not by exposing people to anthrax, but checking for antrhax anti-bodied in the blood.

I’ve taken it; it’s fine. 3 shots and then every three year boosters.

I presume the USA would copy the Israeli vaccine.