A Casaulty of War: Gulf War Illness | Jennifer Jackson Gkourlias | TEDxSUNYGeneseo

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. Dr. Gkourlias is an educational leader with over twenty years of experience as a public school curriculum leader and social studies teacher. She was previously a school principal in the Rochester City School District and served as the founding principal of Rochester's first charter school for young women, Young Women's College Prep. Currently, she is a teacher of English as a New Language in the Buffalo City Schools. She earned her doctorate in educational leadership with a concentration in program evaluation from the University of Rochester in 2007. She is an advocate for veterans and is presently writing an oral history of the Persian Gulf War through the eyes of veterans who served with a focus on exposing the truth about Gulf War Illness. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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@karlknier713
@karlknier713 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr, I'm also Gulf War vet with Gulf War syndrome with same symptoms i use to live in Bergen NY but now Nevada mo, it is a battle every day just to make it through day thank you sincerely Karl j. Knier USN
@joaolimao9381
@joaolimao9381 5 жыл бұрын
thank you for your service
@dawncawthra3519
@dawncawthra3519 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. I'm sorry they've done this to you. No vaccine is safe. Literally.
@meaikiantonio4991
@meaikiantonio4991 4 жыл бұрын
@@dawncawthra3519 Even if they find a vaccine for coronavirus now? you're not gonna take it?
@dawncawthra3519
@dawncawthra3519 4 жыл бұрын
@@meaikiantonio4991 No I will not. If others decide to that's their choice entirely. I do hope there will be an educated and informed consent if they do decide to. I'll do my part and continue to practice good hygiene. I stress the importantance of nutrition. Our bodies are made fully capable of fighting any illness as long as it has the right nutrients. Vaccines are not a one size medicine, I found myself and oldest child to be very intolerant to them. There are many case studies that show vaccines can cause severe biochemical issues where the body begins to attack its own biochem and in some cases it's own DNA. Many many studies are put out regarding dog and cats vaccines. They seem to be more transparent than with human vaccines. It's a very good place to start considering human vaccines are heavily censored, with reporting being less than 10% of the actual incidence. CDC is actually not apart of the Government but rather a subsidiary of Pharmaceutical companies.
@meaikiantonio4991
@meaikiantonio4991 4 жыл бұрын
@@dawncawthra3519 Good luck with that, I feel sorry for your kids and your community for having to be more vulnerable due to your decisions.
@giojared
@giojared 3 жыл бұрын
I got my dose of squalene in 1998. It has destroyed my autoimmune system, and I live in pain everyday. Thank you for bringing awareness with this video!
@Manof777
@Manof777 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dr. I am a Gulf War veteran who suffers from the illness that the VA continues to deny. Your presentation is accurate and highly appreciated.
@dawncawthra3519
@dawncawthra3519 4 жыл бұрын
All vaccines are dangerous. I'm sorry they've do e this to you. Thank you for fighting the good fight. You are appreciated.
@cstickles
@cstickles 3 жыл бұрын
Just read a posting on the VA's official website saying that they've been following veterans exposed to depleted uranium and there's no known health effects. HOW CAN THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT?..
@suzetteyoung57
@suzetteyoung57 2 жыл бұрын
@@dawncawthra3519 all Vaccines?
@dawncawthra3519
@dawncawthra3519 2 жыл бұрын
@@suzetteyoung57 yes all of them. Read the vaccine package inserts, it's all there. They can be found on CDCs website or on the manufactures websites. They've never done safety studies on the vaccine schedule either, and for good reason.
@mareksumguy1887
@mareksumguy1887 Жыл бұрын
It’s radiation poisoning from the DU isn’t it?
@wesharris5528
@wesharris5528 4 жыл бұрын
I am fighting this battle with the VA now. I was in theater from Aug. to Aug and went back for clean up. Given shots and pills and my stomach and bowels have never been the same. I am glad we have a voice in this fight for our just due. I am fighting this battle for my type one diabetic son that it has been found I am the one who gave this to him. NO DIABETICS in my family or my ex wife’s. Didn’t even know what it was. Coincidence I dont think so. I am so tired of my stomach problems and not being able to stray to far from a bathroom. Come on VA fix this please. When reassigned to a new duty station in 1993 is when I started noticing stomach problems. FIX THIS PLEASE!!!!!
@sul923
@sul923 2 жыл бұрын
What does the VA do, I have heard it is really hard to to get medical help from them in the situation of Gulf War Illness. What makes it so hard for veterans to get healthcare for this disease?
@nesra8786
@nesra8786 3 жыл бұрын
The hardest part of any war is figuring out who the real enemy is.
@David-cy7qv
@David-cy7qv Жыл бұрын
I'm one of the subjects in this presentation, I served in the Marine Corps in the 2nd Marine Division. I think much of what affects the Gulf War era veterans is a combination of environmental exposures and vaccine injuries. I posted a more detailed comment yesterday evening and that comment is no longer visible so I am going to keep this one brief. Hopefully the word keeps getting out the effects of Gulf War Illness so more veterans can benefit from possible health care treatments in the future. Thank you.
@n2bfw884
@n2bfw884 11 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service. I'm sorry to read you suffered those exposures and were damaged by them.
@David-cy7qv
@David-cy7qv 9 ай бұрын
I went to the Buffalo VA last week for a series of ct scans and I have a multitude of nodules on my lungs, a tumor on my adrenal gland and Cirrhosis of the liver, which is surprising since I'm not a drinker. I have a visit with the pulmonary specialist next week.
@chrissycat7883
@chrissycat7883 5 жыл бұрын
Thank YOU. Gulf war syndrome hurts and wrecks families.
@gregkonikowski1035
@gregkonikowski1035 3 жыл бұрын
I am a gulf war veteran Cib holder with silver star. The alarms for chemicals went off every night because dod was blowing up munitions 4 miles awsay. It rained oil on me for weeks and the smoke i breathed in was thick. I have many many symptoms ptsd my feet hurt so bad and all my tendons and muscles are causing me pain. I took the pb pill mandatory or article 15 i have skin rashes and my feet swell too.
@tazz3663
@tazz3663 3 жыл бұрын
did they give you the experimental anthrax vaccines just before deployment? did you know that France refused them and are the only allied country who's troops do not suffer from gulf war syndrome.
@robertauld1334
@robertauld1334 4 жыл бұрын
I had polyps blocking 90% of my throat on my vocal cords. The doctors was surprised i didn't suffocate. Then shockrd it wasn't cancer. They think it was from the radiated battle field. I was also in the plum. My company's gas alarms went off . The manual detection kits came back positive. HQ said it was all false positives?
@jasone8611
@jasone8611 4 жыл бұрын
February 2020. I’m going to share this. I still have problems and it’s almost 30 years later.
@F15CEAGLE1
@F15CEAGLE1 Ай бұрын
SAME.
@elvinpena8788
@elvinpena8788 2 жыл бұрын
I served Navy (91-96), went to Gulf in 1994,-1995 not allowed to re-enlist after. I noticed something was happening to me after 2nd week of boot camp (shot time). i went to medical and a lab test showed EBV virus positive. Who knows what else was in me, but it kept getting worst slowly; but the worst started underway back from deployment. Diarrhea, Rhinitis(allergy / nose clogged up), fatigued, gastroenteritis(IBS/GERD), sleep disturbances, insomnia, APNEA, jitters painful joints and muscles, carpal tunnel, tendonitis, diabetes, heart failure, abnormal weight gain, and now my mind (ptsd) is starting to go too. I have all of the gulf war illness criteria even though I went there 3+ years after desert storm.
@justdont2019
@justdont2019 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for covering this important information. Our Nation owes many debts, including medical care and pensions, to our Soldiers.
@debbiekestner911
@debbiekestner911 3 жыл бұрын
my husband spent days in the oil feilds got 2 types of luiekemia ptsd but it wasnt military related bullcrap he passed dec 10 99
@GunnyMaiTai
@GunnyMaiTai 5 жыл бұрын
I as well as my fellow Marine s thank you for bringing this information out to the public, it is so fustrating trying to get diagnosed. I have talked to my fellow Marines and we agree that we know something is wrong with our bodies but the doctors just dont know what to look for. I went to the symposium in Tampa last 2017 at the VA hospital where I receive my medical treatments. The first day of the war my gunner told me he was geting a reaction on his chemical tape, it had purple spots.... we called it in and was told it was just a false read. Also on day 3 of the ground war we heard the call on the radio "GAS, GAS, GAS....., WE KNEW IT WAS GO TIME, but after a couple of hours we noticed other units didnt have their mopp suits on. So what really happened? So many conflicting reports!! Semper Fi, Danny Snellgroves
@karlporath8904
@karlporath8904 4 жыл бұрын
I would love to talk with this Lady. I'm a Dessert Storm vet USAF transportation. I worked with remnants of an outfit called Blue Ball Express. We were still entering parts of the "neutral zone" late 91 early 92 and hauling away caches of American made "weapons" taking them to the port of Damon and loading them on a ship to hide our "sins". Nearly 30 years later I've decided that most of us Vets will be ignored as we continually drop in numbers until we have no more voice. There is a reason I have F-the VA on the back of my pickup here in Metro Detroit. They don't really want to help any of us.
@JC-11111
@JC-11111 3 жыл бұрын
Talking to her won't do anything except get you put in a TEDx talk 🤷
@sul923
@sul923 2 жыл бұрын
What does the VA do, I have heard it is really hard to to get medical help from them in the situation of Gulf War Illness. What makes it so hard for veterans to get healthcare for this disease?
@60eyewatcher
@60eyewatcher Жыл бұрын
Same here, call. I didn’t enter the theater until July 1991. I lived in Marin for 12 months and when I got to my next duty station, both the fourth and fifth digit on my left foot were completely dead. No nerve feeling at all and from there, the health problems have just escalated. Now I am almost incapacitated on some days and I have not had a real Quality of life since I was discharged and 94 .
@rogerrathbun444
@rogerrathbun444 4 жыл бұрын
I was on the USS Wisconsin and in the first few days of the conflict and one day our chemical alarms went off twice in about a hour and we were told not to put on our masks. I learned the other day that our chemical indicator went off multiple times but our BMOW was ordered not to sound the ship alarm as they didn't want to panic the crew
@joehayward2631
@joehayward2631 5 жыл бұрын
I was in 6th marine regiment we had to link up take our pill with a medic and the gunny standing watching including we had to open our mouth a show we swallowed. And it got worse from there
@Thomas8892Q
@Thomas8892Q 4 жыл бұрын
Joe Hayward Same here bud. We were forced to take the pb pill and the horse pill that they gave us. General Greg myiat still denies giving the order to pump us all full of pb pills- this comes straight from a corpsman and her boss.
@ah-op1gt
@ah-op1gt 3 жыл бұрын
@@Thomas8892Q yep, watched taking pb and k-flex? Big antibiotic pill. I had a feeling by then they were going to lie about it so kept a partially used pack of pb as evidence
@shanerr7252
@shanerr7252 3 жыл бұрын
Depleted uranium is used in tank anti tank sabot rounds because its extremely dense and when combined with tungsten holds together for long enough to penetrate deep armor
@truthfrees8616
@truthfrees8616 3 жыл бұрын
It causes horrific effects,every way.
@ksmiley63
@ksmiley63 2 жыл бұрын
I am a Gulf War veteran who suffers from IBSD, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, PTSD, COPD, sleep apnea, depression, cognitive disorder, tremors, balance issues, asthma, lung nodules, and early onset dementia. I have been battling the VA for years over this. My ex-wife suffers from neurological disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and crippling arthritis. The military needs to be held accountable for actions that have called so many to be sick. I to took all the pills and vaccinations. Was told if I didn’t I would get court martial for not following orders.
@sul923
@sul923 2 жыл бұрын
What does the VA do, I have heard it is really hard to to get medical help from them in the situation of Gulf War Illness. What makes it so hard for veterans to get healthcare for this disease?
@Dud-in9iu
@Dud-in9iu Жыл бұрын
@@sul923 It is probably the fact that there are so many who are sick. The VA would pay a claim of 100% disability to each of them. Approx 200,000 people, at $3,000/mo for life is a ton of money; at least $7.2 milion/year for this illness alone.
@russellm7530
@russellm7530 5 жыл бұрын
Why so few views? So sad
@jasone8611
@jasone8611 4 жыл бұрын
Russell Maxwell because of the KZfaq algorithm. They don’t want this message out there.
@thomasc5817
@thomasc5817 3 жыл бұрын
Because many of us are dying or killing ourselves.
@ciscokidfab7595
@ciscokidfab7595 3 ай бұрын
So few views, likes and comment?
@txgt6523
@txgt6523 3 жыл бұрын
very proud of you to bring this up
@johnmiller4852
@johnmiller4852 5 жыл бұрын
Why does this video have no comments/views. All of the comments are new
@deadmansvision5926
@deadmansvision5926 4 жыл бұрын
True. This should have atleast 1mio views.
@wayne487msc
@wayne487msc 3 жыл бұрын
I believe there is a link between inhalation of the gulf war oil fire smoke and a disease called cutaneous t-cell lymphoma. Some military fuel handlers have come down with this disease, abbreviated as CTL. Subtle white cell damage may create many symptoms considering the nature of all the variations in the body's white cell enzymes. Maybe over 400 different symptoms. A baseline study needs to be done on the white cells enzyme response to determine if this damage mode exists and the nature of such damage.
@rogerrathbun444
@rogerrathbun444 4 жыл бұрын
I was on the Wisconsin in the gulf and our chemical alarms were going off and we were told it was a false alarm.
@gunsmoke6230
@gunsmoke6230 4 жыл бұрын
Roger Rathbun I’m sure they were on the Ranger too they just kept it quiet...
@rogerrathbun444
@rogerrathbun444 4 жыл бұрын
@@gunsmoke6230 I've since learned that our detection alarms were going off multiple times but the BMOTW was ordered to stop sounding the ships alarm so as not to panic the crew
@sirwavell
@sirwavell 4 жыл бұрын
A drug cocktail classified as secret and only known by the codewords Victor, Porton, Cutter, and Biological, all of which were imposed with no informed consent.
@eicrusade6161
@eicrusade6161 23 күн бұрын
Amputated Lives by Alison Johnson is a good book on the subject. Also Wired for Healing by Annie Hopper has helped thousands.
@thomasc5817
@thomasc5817 3 жыл бұрын
Gulf war vet myself. I no longer have the energy to fight for help. I just want to die now. Please God take me. US Government... You win. But the house always wins right? 🙄. My will to live is gone. The pain is too much.
@aliceferrier7480
@aliceferrier7480 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know what to say. I read your comment and see your pain. I care. Love to you.
@thomasc5817
@thomasc5817 Жыл бұрын
@@aliceferrier7480ne year later. A fellow vet saved me. I'm now 100% P&T disabled veteran with full monthly compensation. Collect SSDI as well. Getting VA medical and dental Healthcare now. Medically retired at 51. Gave up my career unfortunately. But, I am compensated well enough from the VA and Social Security Administration to be retired and finally concentrate on my health with the years I have left.👍
@danielwatters502
@danielwatters502 3 жыл бұрын
my question is why don't the people living in the region at the time suffer from the same symptoms if they were exposed to similar conditions? what is the one difference? the US troops were exposed to vaccines
@personhuman2239
@personhuman2239 3 жыл бұрын
But people in Iraq do suffer these conditions? They have one of the world's highest infant mortality rates, rates of birth defects, and rates of certain cancers. Very obviously it's the depleted uranium.
@txgt4463
@txgt4463 5 жыл бұрын
Ty
@thorfinthorfin3010
@thorfinthorfin3010 2 жыл бұрын
What about US Army troops who got the mandatory Anthrax Vaccine in basic training, but served stateside and have the symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome?
@txgt4463
@txgt4463 5 жыл бұрын
People forget
@danashannon8234
@danashannon8234 4 жыл бұрын
I think it's all of these things.
@larryjohnson6400
@larryjohnson6400 2 жыл бұрын
Can this cause a Massive Venterial Hernia and a 6" Disi Recti?
@candyman5749
@candyman5749 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting... In the late 1990's the flu shot was administered on a job that I was working free of charge. This was when I began experiencing autoimmune disorders. I abruptly began feeling tired and sweating profusely. Then I started having bloody diarrhea that has never stopped. Then my joints began swelling from inflammatory arthritis. Today I have to give myself injections to calm down my immune system. I can't help but wonder how life would be different had I never taken this vaccine.
@joehayward2631
@joehayward2631 5 жыл бұрын
Yes we had chemical tape we put on us and on equipment while out in field the tape would change as chemical weapons gases were in our area we were told the tape and the FOX chemical vehicle were wrong the tape was collected destroyed and the armored fox vehicle was gone. I came back with medical issues I had cameras stuck in my rear more tests but doctor said you got something from over there but we will never know.
@maureenkidd6629
@maureenkidd6629 4 жыл бұрын
The powers-that-be are keeping it a secret - the bastards.
@johnbates3222
@johnbates3222 3 жыл бұрын
I've got a lot of these symptoms and all I did was received the vaccines if you would like a list PM me
@mmmotives7452
@mmmotives7452 5 жыл бұрын
It was a terrible experience....VA is clueless!
@jasonreviews
@jasonreviews 5 жыл бұрын
it's ciprofloxin poisoning.
@christopherbeasley5533
@christopherbeasley5533 5 жыл бұрын
What is that
@wolfspritzer9253
@wolfspritzer9253 5 жыл бұрын
@@christopherbeasley5533 its an antibiotic that can literally destroy your body, bascially all soldiers were prescribed during the gulf war to inoculate from anthrax.
@cstickles
@cstickles 3 жыл бұрын
@@wolfspritzer9253 OMG, they gave that to me while deployed in the Coast Guard for a pink eye type infection. Wondering if that being it my records would help me with seeking help with detoxification.
@elvinpena8788
@elvinpena8788 2 жыл бұрын
@@cstickles be vigilant of symptoms, GERD, IBS, stomach issues, sleep issues, rhinitis(hay fever), pain-full swelling joints, patches and rashes on your skin.
@txgt8704
@txgt8704 4 жыл бұрын
And Greg
@minutemark
@minutemark 2 жыл бұрын
While I can appreciate the sentiment and motivation of this speech. She conflated many issues (for example, she called Goldenhar syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome). I fear that her mistakes, in an age of rabid fact-checking, could bring discredit to her entire efforts.
@glennmrosek3358
@glennmrosek3358 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty accurate, apart from stating that DU is a "Nuclear Weapon".
@Luke-rt9bx
@Luke-rt9bx 3 жыл бұрын
Glenn Mrosek isn’t it though? I’m not trying to pick an argument I’m just wandering I thought nuclear warheads where usually made from uranium?
@jamesluck2969
@jamesluck2969 3 жыл бұрын
I wont suggest calling depleted uranium baring weapons as a nuclear weapon, if we are going with anything that is radioactive as a nuclear weapon then we need to set a base line for what activity counts as "nuclear". If we are going off of just decaying then the lead we use for bullets are nuclear weapons, as lead is in fact radioactive. Just not to the degree of artificially purified U235
@glennmrosek3358
@glennmrosek3358 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesluck2969 I would suggest that anything that is deliberately chosen, or enhanced, for it's "nuclear" potential/properties would be above that basline. DU ammo apparently has less than a 3rd of the radioactivity that is found in natural uranium deposits. So unless you were in a job that had an abundance of exposure to DU (Tank loader etc.), then I think it's very unlikely that it contributes soley to GWS. Although, maybe it exacerbates undelying issues, functions as a trigger by increasing a "threshold", or serves as an adjuvant in some way?
@txgt8704
@txgt8704 4 жыл бұрын
Everyday
@giovannicano2889
@giovannicano2889 4 жыл бұрын
Not by Saddam hussein but by iraqi soldiers saddam didnt give that order to burn oil fields
@victorgarza8934
@victorgarza8934 4 жыл бұрын
So little views smh
@rhondawillock9743
@rhondawillock9743 2 жыл бұрын
Was I in your war super hero
@davidhamilton5817
@davidhamilton5817 Жыл бұрын
And they still don't do anything.
@damoos3.
@damoos3. 5 жыл бұрын
i used to live in buffalo
@txgt4463
@txgt4463 5 жыл бұрын
What is your number?
@Bigturd1887
@Bigturd1887 6 ай бұрын
Wait, deet is bad?
@txgt8704
@txgt8704 4 жыл бұрын
My cheeks hurt that's how
@latetodagame1892
@latetodagame1892 2 жыл бұрын
?
@txgt8704
@txgt8704 4 жыл бұрын
Because of my research I chose not to have children
@elvinpena8788
@elvinpena8788 2 жыл бұрын
me too
@cosmoevents21st56
@cosmoevents21st56 3 жыл бұрын
Russians don't do this to their troops. The Chinese don't do this to their troops. The Iranians don't do this to their troops. North Korea doesn't do this to their troops. Syria doesn't do this to their troops. The United States well................
@94SexyStang
@94SexyStang 3 жыл бұрын
YES they do........they are just better at hiding it. And they live in a dictatorship, so it's RARE anything gets out.
@cosmoevents21st56
@cosmoevents21st56 3 жыл бұрын
@@94SexyStang For your info the U.S. and much of Europe lives under dictatorship. If you think you're free in those regions think again.
@Dud-in9iu
@Dud-in9iu Жыл бұрын
Go ahead on over to North Korea, Syria, or China and try to speak your mind or refuse what the government tells you to do. See how long you last before you end up in prison or a prison torture camp. Don't be one of those unappreciative westerners who complains about your country. You are free to go to North Korea and try out your theory any time.
@cipher940
@cipher940 2 жыл бұрын
Vaccination a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal delusions current in our time. Gandhi.
@heyitsjaceypenne
@heyitsjaceypenne 4 ай бұрын
Cipro
@gregw834
@gregw834 3 жыл бұрын
USS Thomas C Hart 1092 fast frigate Special Forces and rescue swimmer
@MadaraUchiha-gi1se
@MadaraUchiha-gi1se 2 жыл бұрын
Who cares
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