For those of you following anthrax vaccine developments, here’s the latest—a story in the Washington Post today on Mark Zaid and Lou Michels legal action which would force FDA and DOD to administer the vaccine only with informed consent based on its actual experimental status:  

<A HREF=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36273-2001May2.html”> Lawsuit on Anthrax Vaccinations Targets FDA Role (washingtonpost.com)</A> . 

Two mistakes in the piece are that ½ million service members are fully vaccinated (not by a long shot) and that Captain John Buck’s court-martial is

in September (it’s scheduled for May 15).  Redmond Handy

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