[Mandatory anthrax shots] DOD Attempts to Violate Nuremberg Code
From: john (nospamoridiotss_at_vaccine.com)
Date: 12/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:58:49 +0000 (UTC)
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BL Fisher Note:
For the second time, in defiance of a considered opinion by a Federal
District Court, physicians officials employed by the Department of Defense
are attempting to force an experimental vaccine capable of killing and
injuring, on U.S. soldiers. Now these medical doctors employed by the DOD
are seeking to join with other medical doctors employed by the Department
of
Health and Human Services to persuade military generals and politicians
that
they should have the power to, in effect, target the genetically vulnerable
for sacrifice in order to implement a policy they refuse to admit is wrong.
Even if these federal employees could demonstrate need for the anthrax
vaccine, which they cannot, it is a direct violation of the Nuremberg Code
to force an experimental medical product on individuals without their
violuntary, informed conset. Medical doctors employed by the German state
during World War II were held accountable at the Doctor's Trial at
Nuremberg
for doing this. What DOD and DHHS are attempting to do is in direct
violation of the Nuremberg Code, which was embraced by the world as the
ethical standard for the practice of modern medicine. No individual should
be forced to risk and sacrifice his or her life by any other individual or
government entity under the guise of protecting "society," benefiting
humanity or advancing the progress of science and medicine.
This kind of behavior by morally bankrupt physicians employed by the
government should not be allowed in a civilized society. The mothers of
America would do well to take note as they discuss with their children the
benefits and risks of enlisting in the U.S. military.
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041223-050846-2129r.htm
The Washington Times
UPI
BioWar: Mandatory anthrax shots loom again
By Dee Ann Divis
Senior Science & Technology Editor
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The Department of Defense is discussing
with other agencies how it might reopen and again make mandatory a
controversial anthrax vaccination program despite a second federal court
order enjoining DOD from forcing troops to take the shots. The program,
which used a product called Anthrax Vaccine Absorbed, has been at the
center
of three lawsuits, a congressional investigation and some 100
courts-martial
of personnel refusing administration of the vaccine. Critics of the program
say the medication caused serious illness in a number of people and is not
approved for the prevention of inhalation anthrax, an infection feared by
those trying to anticipate and forestall deaths from bioterror attacks.
The DOD and vaccine manufacturer Bioport, of Lansing, Mich., assert the
vaccine is safe. They point to 18 studies, including one by the Institute
of
Medicine -- part of the National Academy of Sciences -- saying the vaccine
is no more dangerous than any other vaccine.
Federal District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan agreed with critics and granted
an injunction Oct. 27 against the mandatory program for a second time,
pending proper approval of the vaccine for inhalational anthrax. Though it
was still possible to give soldiers the vaccine with their informed
consent,
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld immediately halted the program and it has
been suspended since that time.
Now, in a nine-page question-and-answer brief on the anthrax vaccine, DOD
said it is in discussions with the Department of Health and Human Services
over whether or not the program can be resumed on a mandatory basis.
In answer to a specific question regarding the possible mandatory or
voluntary nature of the program, the brief said, "Specific details on
program resumption, if granted under an EUA, are still being discussed
between the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services."
Lawyers for plaintiffs in the case that led to the injunction against the
program have long asserted the only mechanism available to restart the
vaccination effort on a mandatory basis was a waiver of informed consent
issued by President George W. Bush.
"Once they have the authorization to use it, the secretary still has to
ensure that those getting the vaccine have the option to accept or refuse,"
said John Michels, an attorney with the law firm McGuire Woods in Chicago.
"Our position is that you can't administer the vaccine without the
president."
"This is something we are working out ...with HHS and FDA," a DOD spokesman
told United Press International when asked if a mandatory program was being
sought. "It is a process that is ongoing. It will require additional
discussion between us and HHS over the next few weeks."
Lawrence Halloran, staff director and counsel for the House Subcommittee on
National Security, said he did not know how, "under the law as written, HHS
could grant Emergency Use Authorization for an approved drug, for an
unapproved use and not include as a condition of that authority the
obligation to notify recipients of the right to refuse it."
Halloran also told UPI: "DOD somehow thinks that HHS can do that. Under
what
circumstances I don't know. They seem to have some legal theory they're not
sharing with us yet."
DOD asserted in a Dec. 10 request to Thompson for the waiver that a
potential emergency exists for the troops.
"I have determined there is a significant potential for a military
emergency
involving a heightened risk to the United States military forces of an
attack with anthrax," wrote Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. "In
making this determination, I have considered a classified November 2004
Intelligence Community assessment of the anthrax threat. This heightened
risk has been and continues to be the basis for the DOD program of
vaccinating personnel serving in the areas of Central Command and Korea."
The areas of Central Command include Iraq and Afghanistan.
Under the steps outlined in the brief, HHS first would approve the EUA,
followed by the Food and Drug Administration evaluating evidence for its
safety and effectiveness. The FDA then would grant or deny approval.
The evidence for the vaccine, the brief said, would be submitted by DOD's
assistant secretary of defense for health affairs.
The EUA would be in effect for up to one year. The people most likely to be
vaccinated would include those with duty assignments in Iraq, Afghanistan
and Korea, as well as others with special assignments and laboratory
personnel.
The Q and A said side effects would be monitored and military personnel
would be informed of possible reactions and asked to report any problems.
HHS and FDA also would "review" the program periodically.
The Q and A does not mention informed consent in its description of the
brochures that would be given to medical personnel and those receiving the
vaccine. Nor does it mention that DOD is required to notify recipients of
their right to refuse, as required by the National Defense Authorization
Act
of 2004.
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