Still, the truth has to compete with suspicion, fear and paranoia. The rest of the world admits it makes mistakes. They are not vaccinating in Canada and the UK now. Let's stop, rethink, review and avoid another medical misadventure. This is not unlike stories circulating that minorities' right to vote is about to be taken away, or that travelers are in danger of being drugged and having their kidneys stolen for transplants.
Some people prefer to believe that their government is deliberately making service members sick.
Service members and their families need to know that the anthrax vaccine is safe and is a necessary protection against a probable threat. The American people need to know that what we are doing is right. To ensure the proliferation of this message, we all have to be sources of accurate information. Everyone needs to know the facts. I have asked our medical experts to correct inaccurate media reports.