Soldiers Nearly Killed With Military's Bioterrorism Vaccine

David Gutierrez
Natural News
November 3, 2009

Awareness of the risks over the smallpox vaccine has prevented the government from requiring vaccination of civilians.

Approximately 200 soldiers have suffered from serious and even life-threatening complications from the government-mandated smallpox vaccine, and one has even died.

Starting in 2002, fears over a bioterrorist attack have led the U.S. government to require that all of its military servicepeople receive vaccination against a variety of diseases before deployment, including anthrax and smallpox. An estimated 1.7 million have been vaccinated against smallpox since then. Yet in a number of cases, the vaccine has led to severe complications such as inflammations of the brain or heart. In 2003, two expert panels concluded that Army Specialist Rachel Ray died in part due to complications from the deployment vaccines that she had been given.

“The reality is, we’re never going to have zero risk on a vaccine,” said Dr. Michael Kilpatrick of the Military Health System. “There’s always going to be that individual that has some untoward event that would occur.”

Awareness of the risks over the smallpox vaccine has prevented the government from requiringvaccination of civilians.

One potential side effect is infection with the virus used in the vaccine, a condition known as progressive vaccinia. Back when smallpox vaccination was widespread, the infection had a 15 percent fatality rate.

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