Postal Union advised Postal Workers against CDC Vaccine!!!

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Ingri Cassel

Saturday, January 05, 2002 7:56 PM

Anthrax Vaccine - Postal Workers warned

 

 

Reprinted from NewsMax.com

 

Postal Workers Warned Against Pentagon Anthrax Vaccine

Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002

" Is protecting postal workers who have been exposed to anthrax spores the

priority of the CDC [Centers for Disease Control], or is experimenting with the

health and safety of workers as guinea pigs the real reason for the distribution

of the [DoD anthrax] vaccine? My members will not countenance another Tuskegee, "

warned William Smith, president of New York Metro Area Postal Union this week in

a letter to Tommy Thompson, secretary of Health and Human Services.

The Tuskegee syphilis study ran in Macon County, Ga., from 1932 until 1972.

Federal researchers prevented 399 black men who suffered from syphilis from

receiving any treatment for the deadly disease, even after penicillin was shown

to cure syphilis.

 

New York City postal union officials Thursday advised mail workers against

taking the Department of Defense's vaccine for anthrax offered by Thompson,

rather insisting the city's main processing center be fumigated against the

deadly anthrax spores. Workers have already been on a regime of the Cipro

antibiotic and have no symptoms.

 

Thompson had offered the postal workers post-exposure doses of the controversial

DoD anthrax vaccine as an extra measure of caution. Each member was given an

informed-consent form to read and execute before acceding to the vaccinations.

 

'Take Advantage of the Opportunity'

 

In the Thompson letter, Smith said he was " particularly disturbed by the

statement made by a participant at the December 15, 2001 anthrax vaccine meeting

at the CDC that 'it's also our duty to take advantage of the opportunity' [with

the postal workers] to study the anthrax vaccine.' "

 

Noting that the DoD vaccine has never been scientifically shown to be effective

as a post-exposure remedy, Smith asked Thompson: " Is this an experimental

post-exposure use of the vaccine, or is it pre-exposure prophylaxis for postal

workers who must continue to work in contaminated buildings? The United States

Postal Service's inability to thoroughly clean the Morgan facility raises

serious questions about residual anthrax contamination in Morgan and other

postal facilities. "

 

The CDC, which falls under Thompson's department, has admitted that

post-exposure use " is not currently an FDA-approved use of the vaccine, however,

the vaccine may provide additional protection by inducing an immune response to

the anthrax organism. "

 

" As an investigational new drug, the vaccine would need to be administered with

the full informed consent of the individual as to possible risks. Individuals

would also be asked to take part in a follow-up study measuring the effect of

the vaccine when administered after exposure. "

 

Therein the rub: the nature and completeness of the informed consent.

 

A copy of the informed-consent document obtained by NewsMax says:

 

" You should not consider the vaccine to be a treatment for anthrax. The vaccine

as given in this program has not been shown to give long-term protection against

anthrax.

 

" Some people have reported serious chronic illnesses like Guillain Barre

Syndrome (a muscle weakness disease), chronic joint diseases, or had

miscarriages and infertility after getting the anthrax vaccine.

 

" Although unconfirmed, a recent preliminary study suggests that the vaccine may

be linked with an increase in the number of birth defects when given during

pregnancy. At this time no one knows for sure whether this vaccine can cause

fetal harm. "

 

But Smith, joined Thursday by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC),

complained that CDC's anthrax vaccine consent form did not fully describe the

serious adverse event reports associated with the anthrax vaccine.

 

Complications of the Vaccination

 

They pointed to Army Surgeon General Ronald Blanck, who testified about possible

conditions that followed vaccination, including Guillain-Barre syndrome,

multiple sclerosis, angioedema, aseptic meningitis, severe injection site

inflammation, bipolar psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus and systemic lupus

erythematosus.

 

Furthermore, according to Smith, the informed consent being offered the postal

workers is silent about the complaints levied by military service members who

have taken the injections: anaphylactic shock, gastroparesis, primary testicular

failure, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Steven Johnson's syndrome, deep

vein thrombosis, and other problems.

 

Said Smith: " New York Metro insists the 'informed consent' offered to postal

workers must be truly informed. During your conference call announcement on

December 18, Dr. Kathryn Zoon, director of the FDA Center for Biologic

Evaluation and Research, cited data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting

System (VAERS) and characterized the reactions of military personnel from the

anthrax vaccine as 'minor and temporary.'

 

" This statement is deliberately misleading, and cannot suffice as informed

consent about the real and serious adverse reactions associated with this

vaccine. To provide inadequate risk/benefit data to prospective recipients is

medical malpractice.

 

" I therefore request that you make all VAERS reports filed on the anthrax

vaccine immediately available on the CDC and FDA websites so that the physicians

and patients, on whom you have placed the burden of recommending or using this

vaccine, are truly informed. "

 

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Ingri Cassel, President

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P.O. Box 1444

Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816

(208) 255-2307 / 765-8421

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