[NVIC] Killing Soldiers with Smallpox Vaccine

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" Medicine remains an inexact science. And when we lose one of our soldiers,

we recognize how much about medicine that we still do not know. "

- Dr.

Winkenwerder, DOD

BL Fisher Note:

A DOD assistant secretary admits that medicine is not " an exact science. "

But that does not deter him or his physician colleagues at DOD from forcing

reactive smallpox and anthrax vaccinations on soldiers for a " bioterrorism "

threat that has never been documented as real.

Meryl Nass, M.D., a physician who has evaluated and cared for soldiers

who became chronically ill after suffering anthrax, smallpox and other

vaccine reactions, points out that " the CDC found a much higher rate of

myocarditis in smallpox vaccine recipients than did DOD: 1 in 1,725. In one

smallpox vaccine trial conducted by Acambis, the rate of myocarditis was 1

in 973. A 1978 Finnish study of military recruits found an even higher rate

using looser criteria: 1 in 29.

" If DOD had cases occurring at the same rate, they should have had 580

cases in 1 million vaccine recipients, not 120. However, DOD likely had

even more cases of myocarditis than 580, since it is believed that people

who have never before received the vaccine are at higher risk of

complications than those previously vaccinated. Relatively few military

servicemembers have been previously vaccinated.

" Claiming that no previous smallpox recipients died with myocarditis is

also blatantly untrue. Twenty-two year old Lacy died in early 2003,

one month after receiving five vaccines in one day (including smallpox and

anthrax) and her autopsy demonstrated myocarditis. Two panels asked to

evaluate her death for DOD agreed her death was probably vaccine-related. "

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DoD to Continue Smallpox Vaccinations Despite Soldier Death

By Donna Miles

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2006 – The Defense Department has no plans to

discontinue its smallpox vaccination program, despite yesterday's

announcement that vaccinations may have caused a soldier's death.

A panel of military doctors concluded that vaccinations may have caused the

death of Army Pfc. " " Abston.

Abston received the smallpox and injectable influenza vaccines in November

at Fort Bragg, N.C., and died suddenly in his barracks room 16 days later,

on Dec. 4, Pentagon officials said.

His autopsy revealed an inflammation of the heart muscle, or " myocarditis. "

The smallpox vaccine is one of several known triggers of this condition.

Evidence of another known trigger for the condition was found during the

autopsy.

" Evidence of the vaccinia virus, the main ingredient of smallpox vaccine,

was not found in his heart muscle, but evidence of a different virus,

parvovirus B19, was found, " a Defense Department release stated. " Natural

infection with parvovirus B19 is another known cause of heart inflammation

and death. "

A panel of military medical experts determined it is " neither probable nor

unlikely, " merely " possible, " that vaccinations caused Abston's death.

Abston is the only servicemember whose death has been linked to the smallpox

vaccine. Of 1 million servicemembers vaccinated through the program, 120

developed myocarditis or similar conditions, but all others survived.

DoD initiated the smallpox vaccination program in December 2002 to protect

servicemembers from the highly contagious smallpox disease, Air Force Lt.

Col. Ellen Krenke, a Pentagon spokeswoman, told American Forces Press

Service. The program is used to protect troops assigned to U.S. Central

Command, U.S. Forces Korea, or designated units with homeland defense

missions.

" The smallpox vaccine has been given billions of times to Americans and

people all over the world in the last century, " Krenke said. Hundreds of

studies have assessed the vaccine, and DoD will continue to monitor the

safety of the smallpox vaccine and all other vaccines it uses to protect

servicemembers, she said.

Dr. Winkenwerder, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs,

expressed condolences to Abston's family and regret about his death.

" Medicine remains an inexact science, " he said. " And when we lose one of our

soldiers, we recognize how much about medicine that we still do not know. "

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Reuters

Pentagon says vaccine may have killed US soldier

Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:07pm ET

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A panel of armed forces medical experts has found

that vaccines required by the military may have killed a 26-year-old Army

soldier last year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Pfc. " " Abston died on December 4 in his barracks room at

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 16 days after getting smallpox and injectable

influenza vaccines, officials said. The panel concluded it was " possible "

the vaccines were the cause of death, the Pentagon said in a statement.

An autopsy showed Abston suffered from an inflammation of the heart muscle,

or myocarditis, a condition the smallpox vaccine is known to cause, the

Pentagon said.

" The expert panel cautioned that the findings pointing to vaccinations were

neither probable nor unlikely, but they do suggest the possibility that the

vaccines may have caused Abston's death, " according to the statement.

Some U.S. troops have expressed concern about the safety of vaccines

required by the military. A small number who have refused to get the shots

have been thrown out of the military.

In November 2003, the Pentagon said medical experts found the death of an

Army combat medic, Spc. Lacy, 22, in April 2003 may have been caused

by a combination of vaccinations required by the Pentagon, including those

for anthrax and smallpox.

The military requires troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea and

in some homeland defense missions to get smallpox vaccinations. The Pentagon

describes the shots as an important " force protection " measure in an era

when potential enemies may be armed with biological weapons.

Of the million U.S. military personnel given the smallpox vaccine since

2002, 120 were known to have developed myocarditis or similar conditions,

but none had died, the Pentagon said.

The Defense Department screens everyone who will get smallpox shots, and as

a result about 8 percent are excluded due to medical concerns.

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why does the government harm its own soldiers? aren't the soldiers

pawns of the goevernment, to promote the government's whims?