by Dale | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, DoD AVIP, Law, Science, Veteran
The manufacturing process for Anthrax Vaccine is not validated.[i] The anthrax vaccine’s manufacturer has had an interesting ownership history, beginning in 1968 as the Michigan Department of Public Health (MDPH), a public entity that manufactured the earliest vaccine...
by Dale | Jan 20, 2020 | Articles, DoD AVIP, Law, Marines, politics, Veteran
I didn’t even knock on Justin’s door, I busted in like Kreamer on a Seinfeld episode. Justin had a client sitting in front of his desk. “Sir–” Justin began as a young lance corporal turned around to see who had just come in. “Oh, shit. Sorry. When you’re done, could...
by Dale | Dec 30, 2019 | Articles, DoD AVIP, ethics, Law, Science, Veteran
The quality of a vaccine is closely linked to its manufacturing process, which must be rigorously controlled to ensure that batches of vaccines produced on different occasions are of reproducible and consistent quality. In general, quality is achieved by applying the...
by Dale | Dec 16, 2019 | Articles, DoD AVIP, Law, Science, Veteran
“Hey D, you got a minute?” I looked up from behind my computer. I must have betrayed a look of impatience, because Justin looked back at me and said “What?” “I’m sorry, man. Sure, what’s on your mind?” I pushed back from my desk and he leaned against the wall, all...
by Dale | Dec 2, 2019 | Articles, DoD AVIP, Law, Veteran
“I think it speaks to the undercurrent of distrust of the government and the military,” said Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck, the Surgeon General of the Army, the service that oversees the [anthrax] vaccination program. “Agent Orange. Nuclear tests in the ’50s....