04 April, 2008

LOOK,

ANOTHER vaccine ~

In studies of more than 24,000 infants, Rotarix prevented severe and mild cases of rotavirus-caused diarrhea and vomiting during the first two years of life.

Read on:
The most common reactions reported during clinical trials were fussiness, irritability, cough, runny nose, fever, loss of appetite and vomiting, the FDA said.

"This vaccine provides another option to combat and reduce a potentially severe illness that affects so many children..."
- Dr. Jesse Goodman, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research


hello, let's trade what could POTENTIALLY be severe vomiting and diarrhea for fussiness, irritability, cough, runny nose, fever, loss of appetite and vomiting. Do they really think we are complete morons? so kids get vomiting and diarrhea! then they never get that virus again. that is the beauty of a virus - once you build natural immunity, you are immune for life, as in chicken pox. So you feed your child the years-proven BRAT diet - bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast, and you move on.


"a potentially severe illness" - just like falling out of bed is potentially severe....we don't vaccinate against that, and most every child falls at some point! Do you seriously want your child to ingest a vaccine, that, when previously developed had this said about it: An earlier oral rotavirus vaccine sold by Wyeth was pulled from the market in 1999 after it was linked to a rare, life-threatening type of bowel obstruction known as intussusception.???

The good news: "Although the FDA has concluded that the available data do not establish that these events are related to the vaccine, the agency has requested the manufacturer to conduct post-marketing safety studies involving more than 40,000 infants to provide additional safety information," the FDA said.

This means....that they will TRY it on your children, then (maybe!) write in to the drug company if adverse reactions arise. Did you KNOW you gave birth to a guinea pig? yep - it only LOOKED like a human baby. They didn't tell you then that that sweet, chubby-cheeked little thing would later be used for clinical trials. oh darn.


you can read the full report here.

I know I haven't been here for awhile...sorry, have had a very full past couple of months. I hope to be more consistent. Facebook is stealing my time away from the blog, tee-hee!

just had to stand on my soapbox a little bit :-) Well, one of them. I have others - regarding soy, autism, ADD/ADHD, divorce, doctors, antibiotics, genetically modified cooking oil, Vitamin C, parenting, and commercially prepared infant formula. If you ever need some entertainment, or someone with whom to debate, please let me know! love you all!

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