Military Vaccine Education Center, Military Vaccine Action Committee, Veterans Groups, Vaccine Groups Respond to Halt of Anthrax Vaccine

MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Military Vaccine EducationCenter (MVEC) and the Military Vaccine Action Committee (MVACPAC), as well asthe following organizations, join together to fully endorse DC FederalDistrict Court Judge Emmett Sullivan's ruling declaring the anthrax vaccineprogram to be illegal without informed consent or a Presidential waiver.Recognizing that the vaccine has long been illegal and that public input hasnot been allowed in the process, Judge Sullivan has saved the lives and healthof countless troops with his ruling. There is much work yet to be done. We call upon the Dept. of Defense toimmediately clear the names and records of those who have refused the vaccineby restoring their military rank, pay, and status. We also call upon theDefense Department to cease and desist their historic pattern of dishonorablydenying that the illnesses of the troops are connected to military medicine.Instead the troops must be afforded proper medical care, without being accusedof being malingerers. We call upon our government officials and all citizens to remember thatour constitution calls for civilian control over the military. Werespectfully remind the Congress that they are elected to stand up for thetroops, while providing direction, leadership and oversight to the DefenseDepartment, not the other way around. more