* Awlaki submitted his e-book on “Lives of the prophets” to the Copyright Office in which he explains the meaning of the “Green Birds” on October 4, 2001
Posted by Lew Weinstein on August 2, 2012
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Posted by Lew Weinstein on August 2, 2012
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DXer said
Disability among US Army Veterans vaccinated against anthrax☆
• Sandra I. Sulskya, , ,
• Rose Luippolda,
• Patrick Garmanb,
• Hayley Hughesb,
• Edward J. Boykoc,
• Charles Maynardc,
• Paul J. Amorosod
• a ENVIRON International Corporation, Amherst, MA 01002, United States
• b Office of the Surgeon General of the Army, Military Vaccine Agency, United States
• c VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington, United States
• d MultiCare Research Institute, Tacoma, WA, United States
• Received 10 April 2012. Revised 18 July 2012. Accepted 25 July 2012. Available online 5 August 2012.
• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.07.067, How to Cite or Link Using DOI
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Abstract
To protect troops against the use of anthrax as a biological weapon, the US Department of Defense began an anthrax vaccination program in 1998. 14 years after the inception of the vaccination program, there is no evidence suggesting vaccination against anthrax carries long-term health risks for Active Duty Soldiers.
Objective
To investigate the association between Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA) received while on Active Duty and subsequent disability determined by the Veterans Benefits Administration.
Design, setting and participants
Case–control study nested in the cohort of all Active Duty personnel known to have separated from the US Army between December 1, 1997 and December 31, 2005. Cases were ≥10% disabled, determined either by the Army prior to separation (N = 5846) or by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) after separation (N = 148,934). Controls (N = 937,705) separated from the Army without disability, and were not receiving pensions from the VBA as of April 2007. Data were from the Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database and the VBA Compensation and Pension and Benefits database.
Main outcomes
Disability status (yes/no); for primary disability, percent disabled (10%, 20%, >20%) and type of disability.
Results
Vaccination against anthrax was four times more likely among disabled Veterans with hostile fire pay records (HFP, a surrogate for deployment). Vaccinated Soldiers with HFP had lower odds of disability separation from the Army 0.89 (0.80, 0.98); there was no association between vaccine and receiving Army disability benefits among those without HFP (OR = 1.05, CI: 0.96, 1.14). Vaccination was negatively associated with receiving VA disability benefits for those with HFP (OR = 0.66, CI: 0.65, 0.67), but there was little or no association between vaccine and receipt of VA disability benefits for those without HFP (OR = 0.95, CI: 0.93, 0.97).
Conclusions
Risk of disability separation from the Army and receipt of disability compensation from the VA were not increased in association with prior exposure to AVA. This study provides evidence that vaccination against anthrax is not associated with long term disability.
Dxer said
Mike Reagan, a long time ham radio user, has a new novel positing Al Qaeda as responsible for the anthrax mailings.
I’m a tyro.
KC2VDX
DXer said
From “The Alienations of Akram Masud…an American Jihadist” by Michael J. Reagan 2012.
“He was a very experienced and qualified network manager trained in a Pakistani Technical School on Cisco equipment. The USGOV employees thought he was a wizard. He could and did fix anything. Bypassing the USGOV security system was a simple trick for him since he had left a “back door” for himself when he installed the Internet servers.
He logged on with his laptop, using the alias that he created for communicating with London, and sent a one-line innocuous message with an attachment asking about his next assignment. That done, he headed for the break room where he knew his peers would be hanging out.
Another Washington day started in the life of a government contractor terrorist.”