Anthrax

U.S. Defense Department Says Vaccinations Safe

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 5th, 2000

A top U.S. Department of Defense expert on chemical and biological warfare says the pleas of service members claiming harm from the anthrax vaccine fail to prove the shots are either unsafe or ineffective.

After a string of military and civilian witnesses called for an end to the Pentagon's mandatory vaccination program aimed at protecting against use of anthrax spores as weapons, Marine Gen. Randall L. West said he regretted their illnesses and the deaths of relatives.

"We don't want to make anybody sick or make anybody deathly ill," West said at a hearing October 4, 2000, of the U.S. House Government Reform Committee.

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2000-11-05)

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