Troops Sue to Avoid Anthrax Vaccines

Members of the military sued on Wednesday to prevent the Pentagon from requiring anthrax vaccinations, the latest legal challenge over the vaccine's possible health risks.

Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., the assistant defense secretary for health affairs, announced in October that the military would reinstate the mandatory program for troops and Defense Department civilian personnel and contractors serving in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Korean Peninsula.

A federal judge suspended the program in 2004 after finding fault in the Food and Drug Administration's process for approving the drug. Sullivan allowed the Pentagon to vaccinate on a voluntary basis.

Last December, the FDA reaffirmed its finding that the vaccine was safe.

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The -only- place where anthrax attacks have affected the military is Washington DC. Guess which zone is the -last- to get vaccinations? In 2010, last I checked....

If the vaccinations were truly safe, those armchair commandos in the Pentagon would be first in line, elbowing out of the way gulf-bound veterans.

I got one of the series, and managed to avoid the rest of them (with the blessing of my corpsman).

there is no reason to vaccinate our troops