p the significance of the uses of a vaccine against chemical and biological warfare (Rettig, 1999).
             Once the pros and cons of the vaccine are outlined as suggested above, the government can choose to seek FDA approval, although this is not always needed as shown in the section below.
             The U.S. government has the power to approve vaccines for use in cases of defense and in cases of military warfare even if the FDA has not placed a formal stamp of approval on the vaccine in question. Rettig (1999) notes the "Interim Rule", enacted in December of 1990 enabled the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to "waive informed consent for using investigational drugs in certain military contingencies" (p. 5). In this case the contingency happened to be related to using a new vaccine for military coalition forces confronted and challenged by biological weapons during the Gulf War (Rettig, 1999). The statute was revoked however, for a short time, but then finally received "statutory enactment" which allowed the government to use vaccinations even without approval, "initially authorized by
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