[zipper]

This is an article under the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper "local news" column. For the record, there were 22 pilots and many other support personnel that left the Memphis Air National Guard on the same day in October '99 over the issue of the mandatory anthrax vaccine, which at the time was reeking havoc on the health of dozens of people at Dover AFB. Ironically, this same newspaper once took an editorial position against the pilots that questioned the now-suspended (again) program of mandatory anthrax vaccine without informed consent. The Memphis ANG unit commanders were all eventually promoted-- at least two were promoted to General and still serve at the Tennessee state staff level.

Other links of interest:

Ex-DAFB commander says troops used as guinea pigs

Military couple feel betrayed

Careers cut short after inoculations

Soldiers' stories: Pain and punishment

Biden, Carper and Castle can't ignore anthrax problems

Dr. Meryl Nass comments on purchase of 75 million doses for civilian population

[neverdem]

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[backhoe]

Old post, but perhaps relevant:

Gulf War Syndrome- Where there's smoke, *is* there fire?

[AQGeiger]

Here's a brief blurb from my immunology textbook:

"Although many substances and preparations are known to be adjuvants, the only adjuvants approved for use in human vaccines are alum - a form of aluminum hydroxide - and an emulsion of squalene, oil, and water called MF59."

According to this text, which is so new as to have a copyright of 2005 (I'm not kidding on this), squalene is not an "illegal" adjuvant.

For anyone who's wondering, an adjuvant is a substance that is added to a vaccine in order to enhance the immune response produced by the vaccine.