War veteran says vaccines made her ill

13 Feb 2003
A Gulf War veteran is blaming mass vaccination for her chronic illnesses.

Former naval engineer Jody Parrish has congratulated 11 Australian sailors
who have been sent home from the Middle East after refusing to have anthrax
vaccinations.

Mrs Parrish, 31, was given several injections during the 1991 war and she
says she now suffers from fatigue, memory loss, anxiety attacks, irritable
bowel syndrome and skin irritations.

She says her 86 colleagues from HMAS Westralia are also ill.

"They are saying that a lot of the medication is quite safe but it's just
too coincidental and too much of a proven fact that too many people are
sick," she said.

"We've all pretty much got the same conditions, same illnesses and we all
live in different states and we all served in the same war."
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