Anthrax FAQs
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/faq/index.asp
Anthrax Symptoms and Treatment
http://www.emergency.com/anthrax2.htm
American Gulf War Veterans Association
http://www.gulfwarvets.com/
Dr. Len Horowitz Home Page
http://www.tetrahedron.org/
Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages
http://www.gulfweb.org/
What happens when a soldier refuses the anthrax vaccine? An Ohio guardsman, Spec. Kurt Hickman, of Granville, OH, was charged on 11-28-03 with refusing to obey a lawful order. He’s the first guardsman in Ohio to refuse to be inoculated for the disease. He plans to plead not guilty at a military-court hearing Wednesday, his attorney said.
The Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported on 12-2-03 that a trial date will be set and the hearing is closed to the public. A military judge could sentence Hickman to 100 days in jail, a $100 fine, a bad-conduct discharge, a reprimand, a reduction of rank or a combination of those penalties.
Hickman, a broadcast journalist with the 196th Mobile Public Affairs Attachment, thinks the vaccine is a health hazard (but is forbidden to say anything more to the media).
Besides losing his position, Hickman could be ordered to repay between 50 and 60 percent of the college tuition money he received while with the Guard.
If you refuse the anthrax vaccine, Joel Skousen has pointed out to his readers on more than one occasion, the military can’t deploy you overseas. The anthrax vaccine is required for troops going into high-risk areas for more than 15 days.
Eighty-five percent of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard troops vaccinated against anthrax between 1998 and 2000 suffered adverse effects, according to a 2002 survey by the U.S. General Accounting Office. Problems included difficulty breathing, muscle aches, headaches and dizziness. The anthrax vaccine may be responsible for deaths, such as that of Rachel Lacy, an Army Reserve specialist, the Department of Defense announced last month.
A Landscape of Laboratories
In the aftermath of the terrorist and anthrax attacks in 2001, biodefense laboratories are springing up across the country. Critics worry that the lack of adequate safeguards could make these labs a danger to public safety, particularly in urban areas, if deadly materials escape. The most dangerous of these pathogens are in biosafety-4 labs. A list of states that either have, plan or are considering BSL-4 labs is at http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-10-14-anthrax-lablist.htm
Hidden History of US Germ Testing
Fifty years ago, American scientists were in a frantic race to counter what they saw as the Soviet threat from germ warfare. Biological pathogens they developed were tested on volunteers from a pacifist church and were also released in public places. The remarkable story is told in a BBC Radio 4 documentary, Hotel Anthrax.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/file_on_4/4701196.stm