Antibiotics were 100% effective at preventing anthrax after the letters attack, while at best, this vaccine is no more than 90% effective, and may be much less effective.Remember, we are talking about preventing and treating a fatal disease.No matter what the government says,doctors cannot in good conscience switch from a highly effective drug treatment to a less effective vaccine, sacrificing some patients to a theory of vaccine benefit.Be aware there exist no human efficacy data to support the use of the current anthrax vaccine after exposure to inhaled anthrax.The vaccine has caused thousands of serious illnesses in soldiers.Vaccine effectiveness in animals varies widely, depending on the strain of anthrax used and the amount of spores inhaled.
In humans, antibody levels vary widely depending on HLA type. So depending on your genes,you may not develop immunity even after... |