1980N-0208 - Biological Products; Bacterial Vaccines and Toxoids; Implementation of Efficacy Review
FDA Comment Number : EC3
Submitter : Mr. John Soska Date & Time: 01/19/2005 09:01:23
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I am totaly against any continuance of approval of anthrax vaccines of the military without proper investigation of it's safety to our military personnel. I have been following this issue since my nephew became ill taking bad vaccines at the start of this program. I had to contact several congressmen before he could get any help from the services. They were about to boot him out of the service after 18 years until we got involved. It is a disgrace to see that so many of our finest young men and women were subjected to this program without their consent. A lot of have been disciplined or kicked out of the service because of the hardnosed policy of the Defense Department. From the early stages at The Michigan Lab, Bioport and other agencies this has been a disaster from the start. I have followed the disappearnace of Scientist Wiley from Harvard and his mysterious trip into the Mississippi River and ending up in Louisiana. I believe he was involved somehow in the anthrax problem at the post offices and the FBI didn't see fit to investigate his trip into the river. It would be a crime to the people at the FDA to give an open license for the Defense Department to continue this program without the oversight of the FDA and consent from the people taking the vaccines. With no WMD's found in Iraq, the possibility of this happening is so low that our servicepeople should not be subjected to this. I am a retired U.S. Navy Chief and probably wouldn't have taken the shot myself. I have four grandchildren that I wouldn't let join the service because of the threat to their health with the vaccines. I believe the services have a lot to offer, but again if you approve this program, it would be like committing a major crime. The Defense Department has blamed a lot of other illnesses on other causes rather than admit it was caused by their vaccine program. Thank you.