Pentagon Defends Mandatory Anthrax Vaccine for Troops

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12.23.2003

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Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr., assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, holds a Pentagon press conference Dec. 23 to announce DoD's displeasure with a district court judge's ruling that the Pentagon must stop forcing servicemen and women to take anthrax vaccinations against their will. Winkenwerder insisted that the vaccine was not in any way experimental and had been shown to be effective against inhalational anthrax -- the most deadly form of infection. He said it was the DoD's responsibility to protect its troops from the very real danger of weaponized anthrax. Photo by R. D. Ward.

• Date Taken: 12.23.2003
• Date Posted: 07.04.2025 02:32
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