MISSOULA, Mont., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The newly formed Military Vaccine Action Committee, a non-connected PAC, strongly endorses Rep. Christopher Shays’ HB 5166, a bill introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives to, “prohibit the Department of Defense from requiring members of the Armed Forces to receive the anthrax and smallpox immunizations without their consent, to correct the records of service members previously punished for refusing to take these vaccines, and for other purposes.”
Both the anthrax and smallpox vaccines are mandatory for members of the armed services being deployed to certain areas around the world. However, the anthrax vaccine has long been known to be highly reactive and dangerous. The current FDA label on the vaccine admits that there can be up to a 35% systemic adverse reaction rate among those who take the vaccine; and a 2002 GAO report (Government Accounting Office, a government watch-dog agency) estimates the rate could be as high as 85%. Troops who have taken the anthrax vaccine report a wide variety of autoimmune and neurological system conditions including grand mal seizures, vertigo, short-term memory loss, tumors and cysts, heart problems, constant migraine headaches, and severe bone and joint pain.
The smallpox vaccine, well-known for many years to have severe side-effects including heart problems, is not currently recommended for public (civilian) use due to its dangers, but is still forced upon the troops. Troops who refuse either of these vaccines are subject to court martial, a fine, time in a military prison, dishonorable discharge, and a felony conviction.
For more information on these vaccines, their symptoms, and their current use in the military, please visit the Military Vaccine Education Center at http://www.milvacs.org/.
“We again thank Rep. Shays for stepping forward to lead this fight in Congress,” says MVAC President Kathy Hubbell. “He has held numerous hearings on this issue and continued to fight for the constitutional rights of our troops and veterans when others would just as soon look the other way.”
The Military Vaccine Action Committee can be reached at (406) 531-9355, or by writing to kathy@mvacpac.org or randi@mvacpac.org. Military Vaccine Action Committee
CONTACT: Kathy Hubbell, President, +1-406-531-9355, kathy@mvacpac.org,or Randi Airola, Exec. Director, +1-517-819-5926, randi@mvacpac.org, both ofMilitary Vaccine Action Committee
Web site: http://www.milvacs.org/