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Vaccine-related issues - Vaccines - combined
March 1-7, 2004
►March 4, 2004 - New combination vaccine can cut down number of inoculations for babies - CNA via www.channelnewsasia.com
February 23-29, 2004
►February 20, 2004 - Questions Linger Over Pentagon’s Use of Multiple, Simultaneous Vaccinations - Nuclear Threat Initiative
►February 22, 2004 -Scientists developing more 'super vaccines' (requires registration) - www.king5.com
February 16-22, 2004
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February 9-15, 2004
►February 2004 - Tolerability and immunogenicity of an eleven valent mixed carrier Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide-diphtheria toxoid or tetanus protein conjugate vaccine in Finnish and Israeli infants - journal article (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
Comment: Where are the studies on the combined safety effects? What about the problem with antigens recombining? For more on this see Pediatric Infectious Disease Issues: Smallpox, Combination Vaccines and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Highlights of the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting - Medscape - "However, the combination of multiple vaccine antigens presents several challenges. It should be recommended that the components of the vaccine be administered at the same time. However, the reactogenicity and potential side effects of the combined antigens have not yet been determined. Since there is the potential for physical and chemical interaction among the vaccine components and the buffers and preservatives, the immunogenicity of each component needs to be addressed to determine whether these are similar to and as effective as the components given individually.[10] and my comment: From the horse's mouth. But not only should the "reactogenicity and potential side effects of the combined antigens" be determined, as well as the immunogenicity of each component be compared to combined ones, the potential for lethal and otherwise harmful combinations should be researched. For a highly disturbing study, in which harmless viruses recombined with lethal results, click here. (Note that while affirming the potential risk of such combinations occurring, the only apparent concern in this paper was for the immunogenicity of the components, not any safety issues which might occur as a result of them interacting.)
January 26 - February 8, 2004 (2 weeks combined due to illness)
►January 20, 2004 - Pediatric Infectious Disease Issues: Smallpox, Combination Vaccines and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Highlights of the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting - Medscape - "However, the combination of multiple vaccine antigens presents several challenges. It should be recommended that the components of the vaccine be administered at the same time. However, the reactogenicity and potential side effects of the combined antigens have not yet been determined. Since there is the potential for physical and chemical interaction among the vaccine components and the buffers and preservatives, the immunogenicity of each component needs to be addressed to determine whether these are similar to and as effective as the components given individually.[10]"
Comment: From the horse's mouth. But not only should the "reactogenicity and potential side effects of the combined antigens" be determined, as well as the immunogenicity of each component be compared to combined ones, the potential for lethal and otherwise harmful combinations should be researched. For a highly disturbing study, in which harmless viruses recombined with lethal results, click here. (Note that while affirming the potential risk of such combinations occurring, the only apparent concern in this paper was for the immunogenicity of the components, not any safety issues which might occur as a result of them interacting.)
January 19-25, 2004
►January 21, 2004 - 'Supervaccines' Developed To Combine Childhood Shots - Required Vaccines Cover 10 Diseases With Multiple Shots - www.thebostonchannel.com - "For a lot of parents, keeping track of their children's immunizations can be a full-time job. The mandatory number of vaccinations covers 10 diseases with multiple shots, and according to health experts, that number may double over the next decade."
Comment: The number of mandatory vaccinations "may double over the next decade"? When is enough going to be enough? When are parents going to "just say no" to vaccines?
Comment: Whether or not vaccines can be safely combined has not been adequately tested, either in the long or short-term. But there are clearly reasons to be concerned. For instance, in a 1986 Science article, when combined in the bodies of mice, two harmless herpes viruses recombined and killed 62% of the mice.
January 12-18, 2004
►January 15, 2004 - Study Links Leukemia, Gene Combination - Science Magazine via AP via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - "Two children who developed leukemia after receiving gene therapy for an inherited disease may have been victims of a rare combination of genes that is unlikely to happen in gene therapy for other disorders, a study says...Researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Md., discovered that a gene in a virus used to treat the children, who had an inherited immune system disorder, can combine with another gene to cause leukemia in mice."
Comment: Wonder what, if anything, this implies re: the the potential for genes in vaccine viruses combining with genes in specific children and causing adverse reactions?
►January 13, 2004 - Doctors Answer Questions About Children's Health - Supervaccines Could Cut Number Of Shots - www.nbc4.com - "Because pediatricians are tired of making their patients "human pincushions", researchers are now working on a number of supervaccines that would combine existing inoculations into one shot...The most recent supervaccine takes the MMR vaccine, which already combines mumps, measles and rubella and adds chickenpox, polio, whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis B and meningitis."
Comment: Given the potential for antigens in vaccines to recombine and form new, more lethal pathogens, is this really such a good idea? For this reason, are any combined vaccines a good idea?
January 5-11, 2004
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December 29, 2003 - January 4, 2004
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