tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post4046750009983090022..comments2024-03-27T05:14:13.995-04:00Comments on Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.: He did it to test his vaccine????Meryl Nass, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07001997291638442225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post-29990754252206567272008-08-04T14:01:00.000-04:002008-08-04T14:01:00.000-04:00I don't understand why the feds were pushing the v...I don't understand why the feds were pushing the vaccine on those of us who were exposed in DC. at the 60 day mark, we all met with CDC and were advised that 60 days Cipro treatment was not long enough and that those with the highest exposure levels should consider the vaccine for additional coverage. We were told that the spores could become active up to 100 days post-exposure. It appears that the Vaccine wouldn't have helped anyone....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592607595936297457.post-34449082482153595802008-08-01T23:59:00.000-04:002008-08-01T23:59:00.000-04:00Right, as a post-exposure treatment the vaccine wo...Right, as a post-exposure treatment the vaccine would not be expected to confer specific immunity against anthrax. However, Dr. Ivins co-authored a 2006 PNAS article that reports increased survival in monkeys given the vaccine in conjunction with ciprofloxin following exposure to the Ames strain. See:<BR/>www.pnas.org/content/103/20/7813.full<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the study doesn't address the mechanism of protection. Their supposition that it increases "active immunity" is especially curious since Ivins was aware that the Ames strain is a "vaccine resistant" strain (his words); see his first-authored 1992 Infection and Immunity article:<BR/>http://iai.asm.org/cgi/reprint/60/2/662?view=long&pmid=1730501Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com