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- | ***1926*** [[American Home Products]] AHP was formed in 1926 but evolved largely under the same direction as [[Bayer]], Hoechst and [[BASF]], that is, from [[I.G. Farben]] / | + | ***1926*** [[:American Home Products]] AHP was formed in 1926 but evolved largely under the same direction as [[:Bayer]], Hoechst and [[:BASF]], that is, from [[:I.G. Farben]] / |
- | ***1944*** | + | ***1944*** |
- | ***1996*** Robert C. Myers, DVM, Chief Operating Officer of [[BioPort]] America' | + | ***1996*** Robert C. Myers, DVM, Chief Operating Officer of [[:BioPort]] America' |
- | ***2000*** Rumsfeld was replaced at Gilead by Cordell W. Hull. Hull also serves as a director of [[Bechtel]] Group, Inc. Gilead' | + | ***2000*** Rumsfeld was replaced at Gilead by [[:Cordell W. Hull]]. Hull also serves as a director of [[:Bechtel]] Group, Inc. Gilead' |
- | ***2007*** there is one licensed smallpox vaccine; ACAM2000, licensed on August 31, 2007, which is manufactured by [[Sanofi]] Pasteur Biologics Co. of Cambridge, MA and is based on the same strain of virus as Dryvax. | + | ***2007*** there is one licensed smallpox vaccine; ACAM2000, licensed on August 31, 2007, which is manufactured by [[:Sanofi]] Pasteur Biologics Co. of Cambridge, MA and is based on the same strain of virus as Dryvax. |
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===Small Pox Bio-warfare Threats=== | ===Small Pox Bio-warfare Threats=== | ||
- | ***2001 June 22-23*** the [[Johns Hopkins]] Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, in collaboration with the [[CSIS]]Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Analytic Services Institute for Homeland Security, and the Oklahoma National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, held a senior-level exercise entitled "Dark Winter" | + | ***2001 June 22-23*** the [[:Johns Hopkins]] Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, in collaboration with the [[:CSIS]] Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Analytic Services Institute for Homeland Security, and the [[:Oklahoma National Memorial Institute]] for the Prevention of Terrorism, held a senior-level exercise entitled "Dark Winter" |
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National Vaccine Information Center - Barbara Loe Fisher, President | National Vaccine Information Center - Barbara Loe Fisher, President | ||
- | The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), the oldest and largest vaccine safety advocacy organization in the U.S., endorses the June 21 decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ***advising against releasing vaccinia (smallpox) virus vaccine for mass use by the general population**. However, we maintain that the federal advisory committee' | + | The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), the oldest and largest vaccine safety advocacy organization in the U.S., endorses the June 21 decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the [[:Centers for Disease Control: (CDC) ***advising against releasing vaccinia (smallpox) virus vaccine for mass use by the general population**. However, we maintain that the federal advisory committee' |
***2002 October 12*** PENTAGON PLANS SMALLPOX SHOTS FOR UP TO 500,000 | ***2002 October 12*** PENTAGON PLANS SMALLPOX SHOTS FOR UP TO 500,000 | ||
- | By [[JUDITH MILLER]] and ERIC SCHMITT - New York Times | + | By [[:JUDITH MILLER]] and ERIC SCHMITT - New York Times |
With the Bush administration moving closer to military action against Iraq, the Pentagon is expected to begin vaccinating up to half a million troops against smallpox as soon as the vaccine is licensed in mid-November, | With the Bush administration moving closer to military action against Iraq, the Pentagon is expected to begin vaccinating up to half a million troops against smallpox as soon as the vaccine is licensed in mid-November, | ||
- | The officials said that leading military and civilian advisers to Defense Secretary | + | The officials said that leading military and civilian advisers to Defense Secretary [[: |
***2002 November 8*** Bush Considers Smallpox Vaccine for Troops | ***2002 November 8*** Bush Considers Smallpox Vaccine for Troops | ||
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President Bush received a recommendation yesterday from Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to inoculate U.S. troops against smallpox but did not immediately accept it.... | President Bush received a recommendation yesterday from Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to inoculate U.S. troops against smallpox but did not immediately accept it.... | ||
- | The question of whether to immunize U.S. forces is part of a larger dilemma that includes whether to vaccinate civilian health care workers and, eventually, the general public. Although routine smallpox vaccinations stopped in the United States in 1972, the matter has gained new urgency amid heightened concerns about [[biological warfare]] and ***intelligence reports*** citing four nations, including Iraq and North Korea, as having covert stocks of the smallpox pathogen. ((https:// | + | The question of whether to immunize U.S. forces is part of a larger dilemma that includes whether to vaccinate civilian health care workers and, eventually, the general public. Although routine smallpox vaccinations stopped in the United States in 1972, the matter has gained new urgency amid heightened concerns about [[:biological warfare]] and ***intelligence reports*** citing four nations, including Iraq and North Korea, as having covert stocks of the smallpox pathogen. ((https:// |
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- | As for the present smallpox threat, the man charged with overseeing President Bush's mass vaccination policy was another [[Dark Winter]] alumnus, [[Jerry Hauer]]. Hauer, a former director of [[Kroll Associates]] - the security firm at the helm when the Twin Towers fell - is also the man who personally pulled strings in order to get senior [[FBI]] official [[John O' | + | As for the present smallpox threat, the man charged with overseeing President Bush's mass vaccination policy was another [[:Dark Winter]] alumnus, [[:Jerry Hauer]]. Hauer, a former director of [[Kroll Associates]] - the security firm at the helm when the Twin Towers fell - is also the man who personally pulled strings in order to get senior [[:FBI]] official [[:John O' |
- | [[James Woolsey]], for example, was one of just 17 participants in a July 2001 bio-warfare exercise dubbed "Dark Winter," | + | [[:James Woolsey]], for example, was one of just 17 participants in a July 2001 bio-warfare exercise dubbed "Dark Winter," |
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+ | Among the other participants was Benador client Arnaud De Borchgrave and New York Times journalist Judith Miller, who had co-authored a book with Benador client Mylroie in the early ' | ||