Fw: gulf-chat Dover AFB Suspends Anthrax Vaccinations

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| From: Meryl Nass <mnass@...>

| mnass@...

| Subject: gulf-chat Dover AFB Suspends Anthrax Vaccinations

| Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 8:36 AM

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| Dover Suspends Anthrax!!!

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| Posted by USAF Active Duty Pilot on May 06, 1999 at 19:58:59:

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| In a surprising move, the Wing Commander at Dover AFB ordered an

| immediate suspension on

| 5 May of all Anthrax vaccines and impounding of anthrax vaccine lot #s

| 20 and 30 pending

| further investigation.

| The move came in light of the base briefings from the AMC flight

| surgeon's Anthrax briefings to

| the members of his base. Apparently, the briefing team was woefully

| inadequate in coming up

| with explanations to the rash of Gulf War Syndrome like symptoms that

| have started occuring at

| the base since the vaccinations began last fall. Quotes: " it just may be

| your time to get sick " ,

| " these symptoms occur with other vaccinations as well " and most

| disturbingly " I don't know, I

| don't care " .

| Apparently, the Wing Commander had discussed the issue with the medical

| planners at Dover

| and conducted his own research. The party line spewing forth from the

| briefing team did not add

| up compared to the gathering storm of data supporting the possible

| connection between the

| vaccinations and the troops under his command getting chronic and

| unexplained illnesses. At the

| end of the briefing, when several afflicted military members in the

| audience had their questions

| about their illnesses dismissed by the team, the Wing Commander closed

| the briefing with his

| stunning announcement.

| The Wing Commander had a simple choice, he could have simply chosen to

| go unquestioningly

| along with DOD directives as his peers throughout the chain have, or

| taken the much bolder step

| of questioning the " party line " . We applaud him for having the fortitude

| to dismiss the company

| line and do what he feels is best for the men and women under his

| command. If more of our

| leaders would follow his example of looking out for their people as they

| are charged to do, as

| opposed to looking out for their careers, think how much more effective

| the fighting force could

| be.

| --

| Meryl Nass, M.D.

| Parkview Hospital, Brunswick, Maine 04011

| email mnass@...

| phone (207) 865-0875

| fax (207) 865-6975

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