Far Fewer Than Expected Getting Smallpox VaccinationsVaccination News Home Page Scandals subscribe Vaccination NewsLetter http://www.komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=24777 Far Fewer Than Expected Getting Smallpox Vaccinations SEATTLE - Just a few months ago, smallpox vaccinations were targeted at 500,000 health care workers. But less than 30,000 have actually received the shots. The news comes out of the nation's capital, where health care workers aren't volunteering for the vaccine as they once were. The same thing is happening here in Washington state, where the question is: "is it needed?" John Erikson with the State Health Department says complications and the end of war have slowed the progress. "We thought we would get maybe somewhere in the range of 5,000 to 7,000 volunteers," he said. But to date, only 500 have been vaccinated statewide. Erikson says on the brighter side, this is a lot more than just vaccinations. "It's the communications, it's the training, it's the planning," he said. And he says that part of the program is proven, and ready in the event smallpox is ever detected.
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* ►March
18, 2010 - Probe
ordered into tainted vaccines - Report: Nearly 100 children died or
fell ill in Shanxi after shots - China Daily - "The four who died after
being administered tainted vaccines were 9-month-old Wang Xiao'er and
8-month-old Liu Ziyang from Luliang city; and 3-year-old Wang Shichao
and Liu Yi from Yangquan city, the report said. Children from 74
families were crippled or developed serious diseases such as
encephalitis after being vaccinated against hepatitis B, rabies, and
type-B encephalitis, it said."
* ►March 18, 2010
- The
Autism-Vaccine Controversy Continues - Age of Autism -
"There is no doubt that vaccines do injure some babies. Encephalitis
(inflammation of the brain) is a known effect of some vaccines for some
children (even listed on some of the vaccine labels, and in the
government's list of accepted adverse reactions HERE). Studies have found inflammation in
the brains of people with autism (HERE).
But the vaccine court routinely turns down cases where autism is
alleged to be caused by vaccines."
* ►March 17, 2010 - No More Fear by Dawn Richardson - PROVE via VaccineInfo.net - "Those trying to discredit parents who have legitimate vaccine safety concerns mischaracterize parents as “being afraid” of vaccines. They use the term "fear" to try and mislead the public into thinking that these parental concerns are somehow irrational, trivial, or not based on credible information." * ►March 17, 2010
- Are
we liable if we can't give a vaccine to a child whose parent can't
physically restrain that child? - Nurse.com - "A consent form
developed and used by staff that is clear and inclusive of what is
needed for the immunization to take place is a good tool that can be
used by all staff to ensure compliance with the legal requirements of
informed consent by the parent or other legally authorized consent
giver and to avoid battery allegations. Sharing your concerns with the
clinic CNO, medical director and risk manager would be a start in
helping staff feel more comfortable with their role in the
administration of immunizations."
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