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  • Anthrax vaccine blamed for illness

    11/17/2004 12:38:03 AM PST · by zipper · 5 replies · 1,038+ views
    (Memphis) The Commercial Appeal ^ | November 17, 2004 | Bartholomew Sullivan
    WASHINGTON -- Mark Ammend of Collierville can't talk about it now. The former fire chief for the 164th Air National Guard unit based at Memphis International Airport got vaccinated against anthrax five years ago. Now, as he lies in a specially designed bed, the only thing he can move is his left eye. Fully conscious and aware, Ammend, 55, is a quadriplegic with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. A new book suggests he and many other soldiers immunized against anthrax during the 1991 Gulf War and since are suffering auto-immune diseases after receiving an illegal chemical adjuvant...