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Meryl Nass is a physician
in private practice who is known for uncovering the use of anthrax
as a biological weapon in Rhodesia, and for her outspoken criticism
of the mandatory use of anthrax vaccine by the military. This use
persists despite high rates of serious adverse reactions, and
despite the fact that the vaccine was never proven effective nor licensed
for the purpose for which it is being used (inhalation anthrax).
In fact, the vaccine is in Investigational New Drug (IND) status for
inhalation anthrax.
Dr. Nass has been a leading
opponent of military policies that continue to treat servicemembers
as a ready pool of experimental subjects, in the absence of meaningful
informed consent.
She has shown that many
studies indicate anthrax vaccine is one cause of Gulf War Illnesses,
and furthermore that recently vaccinated servicemembers have developed
identical illnesses. She has provided testimony before two Institute
of Medicine committees on Gulf War Illness exposures (Dec. 15, 1999),
and safety and efficacy of the anthrax vaccine (Oct. 3, 2000). She
provided written comments to the FDA and the House National Security
Subcommittee (Shays' Committee) on Executive Order 13139, which created
a new policy regarding use of unlicensed therapeutics in human subjects.
Dr. Nass discussed experimental
anthrax vaccine use in testimony to the House National Security Subcommittee
on April 29, 1999, and discussed accelerated drug licensing and abbreviated
testing of vaccines and drugs intended for responding to bioterrorism
in testimony for the House Government Reform Committee hearing on
Nov 14, 2001 ("Preparing a Medical Response to Bioterrorism")
http://www.anthraxvaccine.org/response.htm)
Among her publications
addressing ethical violations in medical research:
"Who Is Protecting the
Public Health? Can We Trust the Regulators?" By Meryl Nass, Z Magazine:
http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/april02nass.htm
"The Anthrax Vaccine Program,
and an Analysis of the CDC's Recommendations for Vaccine Use." American
Journal of Public Health. May 2002.
"The Model
Emergency Health Powers Act Creates Its Own Emergency" April 8, 2002.
http://www.redflagsweekly.com/nass/2002_april08.html
"The Extremely Difficult
Task Of Tracking Vaccine-Related Side-Effects." April 22, 2002. http://www.redflagsweekly.com/nass/2002_april22.html
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