the medical exams for desert storm were of course rushed. being in a RDF unit. we would go in get fully checked out. sit in the dentist chair, get x-rays and if ANYTHING was questionable it was pulled or expediently fixed...lol.... knew one guy who had 4 teeth pulled at once, didnt come out too happy...lol...
we went in and said, "weve already had our shots".... "not these you havent" was the answer.
..... dont know what all was in them but i couldnt donate blood for 5 years afterwards
Wow. Just wow. Do you sometimes wonder just what the heck they gave you? Man, I would!we went in and said, "weve already had our shots".... "not these you havent" was the answer.
its known that there were 3 experimental vaccines for who knows what, anthrax and a couple other biological weapons vaccines and 17 to 20 other types ranging from yellow fever, plague, meningitis, and whatever else.....lol.... what is not known is why we could not give blood. red cross told me it was because of the biological weapons vacs. but later it was said to be from a possible environmental exposure, so who really knows.
I had shots administered that way, too. They made us form a line, then down the line we went, getting multiple shots in BOTH arms with those needle guns. No sympathy for sore arms later!we went in and said, "weve already had our shots".... "not these you havent" was the answer.
It's at least six months! That's an important distinction! They say that as that's as long as they've been monitoring people and have no way to know how much longer it will last. (Like with the natural immunity reports: the first said at least five months, then one a month later said at least six.) But after six months, the efficacy had only dropped a few percentage points, so it's actually very good news and not disappointing at all!
