Welcome to the website
of the Military and Biodefense Vaccine Project of the
National
Vaccine
Information
Center
(
NVIC
)
The Military and Biodefense Vaccine Project is sponsored by the
National
Vaccine
Information
Center
( http://www.nvic.org/
). The MBVP and this website focuses
on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines that are being developed for
routine use in the military or for use by military personnel and civilians in
response to bioterror threats.
This website is dedicated to increasing
awareness about the benefits and risks of military
and
biodefense vaccines, as well as federal and state legislation which
authorize mandatory use of experimental bioterrorism vaccines in military
and civilian settings without voluntary, informed consent.
Laws such as the Bioshield act and other post-9/11 legislation, will
shield vaccine manufacturers and public health agencies from
accountability and
/ or liability for injuries or deaths that
are caused by mandated use of experimental vaccines. Many of these
vaccines will not have been proven safe and effective
before they are used on a mass basis.
This website contains a comprehensive collection of news reports,
resources and links to the most current information on our nation's
military and biodefense vaccine programs. It
has been created by experienced and
knowledgeable individuals with backgrounds in civilian and military vaccines, government
vaccine policies and legislation, biodefense research, medicine, law, information
technology and bioethics.
The MBVP is staffed by
individuals who have worked to insure informed consent
protections in U.S. civilian mass vaccination programs, and the
military mandatory anthrax vaccination program. We have worked
closely with the vaccine victims to help them, and their families.
We
are
dedicated to keeping you informed about the latest information on military
and bioterrorism vaccines,
including updates on current litigation and legislation, and reports from
those who have been adversely affected as a result of federal biodefense
policies.
We welcome you to our
website and encourage you to contact us if you have questions or have
information to share with us.
Meryl Nass, M.D.
is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and on the
staff of the Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine. As
an internist in private practice for 10 years specializing in caring
for military personnel suffering from brain and immune system
dysfunction following anthrax vaccination, she became an
internationally recognized medical expert on anthrax vaccine reactions. She
has provided expert testimony in Congress and written extensively on Department
of the Army , NIH and FDA clinical research and military
vaccination policies lacking informed consent protections. She is a member
of the Medical Advisory Boards of the National Vaccine Information
Center, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Alliance for Human Research
Protection. Her entire resume may be viewed at Meryl's
Corner on the homepage of this website.
Randi Airola
served
in the U.S. military for nine years with the Army Guard and Air Guard in
Michigan. After receiving four mandatory anthrax vaccinations at age 25
between 1998-1999, her health deteriorated severely (loss of
peripheral vision, muscle and joint pain and weakness, abdominal
cramping, memory loss, chronic migraine and disabling fatigue) and she
refused to receive a fifth anthrax vaccination. When she refused to be
re-vaccinated, she was forced out the military and has worked
since then to assist military personnel who have been injured by anthrax
vaccine reactions and protect their informed consent rights. To learn
more about her anthrax vaccine reaction, go to http://healthsentinel.com/interviews.php.
John Richardson is
a retired USAF Reserve lieutenant colonel. An F-16 fighter pilot during
the Gulf War, he served as a policy analyst on the Joint Chiefs of
Staff (J-5) from 1992 to 1998.
Barbara Loe Fisher
is co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center,
founded in 1982 by parents of vaccine injured children. She is
co-author of the 1985 book DPT: A Shot in the Dark; a
blogger at http://www.vaccineawakening.blogspot.com/;
and editor of the NVIC E-News newsletter, which provides daily
commentary on breaking news about vaccine research, development,
regulation, policymaking, and legislation (go to http://www.nvic.org/ for
a free subscription). She served on the National Vaccine Advisory
Committee (1988-1991); the Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Forum
(1995-1998) and the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products
Advisory Committee (1999-2002) and has defined and led the
civilian vaccine safety and informed consent movement in the U.S. for
the past two and a half decades. For more information go to http://www.nvic.org/.