Marine Disabled by Vaccine Battles VA for Benefits
November 20, 2009 — Jessewww.myfoxchattanooga.com Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez still suffers from injuries he began experiencing in Iraq three years ago — injuries caused not by bombs or guns but by a military-administered smallpox vaccine he got before he left the United States. The shot, which the military strongly encourages troops to get, triggered a rare bad reaction in the Marine from Missouri — leaving the then-20-year-old Lopez in a coma, paralyzed for several weeks and unable to breathe, McClatchy Newspapers …
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Marine Disabled by Vaccine Battles VA for Benefits