U.S. Study Says Multiple Infant Vaccines Safe

Monday January 7 12:03 AM ET
U.S. Study Says Multiple Infant Vaccines Safe
By Michael Conlon


CHICAGO (Reuters) - Today's children, who receive as many as 11 vaccinations
routinely, are not in danger of having their immune system overwhelmed,
according to a study published on Monday.

``Current studies do not support the hypothesis that multiple vaccines
overwhelm, weaken, or 'use up' the immune system,'' said the report from
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and several other institutions.

``On the contrary, young infants have an enormous capacity to respond to
multiple vaccines, as well as to the many other challenges present in the
environment,'' it added.

``By providing protection against a number of bacterial and viral pathogens,
vaccines prevent the 'weakening' of the immune system and consequent
secondary bacterial infections occasionally caused by natural infection,''
it added.

The report was published in this month's issue of ''Pediatrics,'' the
journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The authors said they
investigated the subject because recent surveys in the United States
indicated that about a quarter of all parents were concerned about the
possible negative impacts of multiple vaccinations.

A century ago, the study said, children received only one vaccination, for
smallpox. Forty years ago four others came into common use -- for polio,
diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus. Today children in developed
countries receive 11 vaccines routinely and will have had as many as 20
completion shots by age two, the report added.

CAPACITY TO COPE WITH 10,000 VACCINES


By a conservative estimate infants have the theoretical capacity to respond
to as many as 10,000 vaccines, it said.

``Parents who are worried about the increasing number of recommended
vaccines may take comfort in knowing that children are exposed to fewer
antigens (proteins and polysaccharides) in vaccines today than in the
past,'' the report said.


``Although we now give children more vaccines, the actual number of antigens
they receive has declined. Whereas previously one vaccine, smallpox,
contained about 200 proteins, now the 11 routinely recommended vaccines
contain fewer than 130 proteins in total,'' it added.


``Two factors account for this decline: First, the worldwide eradication of
smallpox obviated the need for that vaccine, and
second, advances in protein chemistry have resulted in vaccines containing
fewer antigens ...''

In a related development, the academy in the same issue published its annual
recommendation for immunizations, saying there were no major changes to
suggested timetables except one involving pneumococcal vaccine. Because
there is a shortage of that vaccine, it said, healthy children should
receive only the first three doses and doctors should defer the fourth or
booster shot until the shortage eases.

The vaccine wards off pneumonia, meningitis and bloodstream infections. The
U.S. manufacturer of the vaccine has reported it has been unable to keep up
with demand.

Sounds like this is straight out of the mouths of the "LEGAL" Drug
pushers....BIG PHARMA!

"Kevysmom" wrote in message
lkaboutparenting.com...
Sounds like this is straight out of the mouths of the "LEGAL" Drug
pushers....BIG PHARMA!

Nope. just scientists and those people who actually use facts.

Sounds like this is straight out of the mouths of the "LEGAL" Drug
pushers....BIG PHARMA!

Nope. just scientists and those people who actually use facts.




You mean those scientist who get paid BIG dollars from the company that
POISONED our kids with Mercury???

"Kevysmom" wrote in message
lkaboutparenting.com...
Sounds like this is straight out of the mouths of the "LEGAL" Drug
pushers....BIG PHARMA!

Nope. just scientists and those people who actually use facts.




You mean those scientist who get paid BIG dollars from the company that
POISONED our kids with Mercury???

No, I mean epidemiologist and scientist who use facts, not whacko
conspiracies to prove points.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:13:23 -0500, "Mark Probert" Mark
wrote:

"Kevysmom" wrote in message
alkaboutparenting.com...
Sounds like this is straight out of the mouths of the "LEGAL" Drug
pushers....BIG PHARMA!

Nope. just scientists and those people who actually use facts.

You mean those scientist who get paid BIG dollars from the company that
POISONED our kids with Mercury???

No, I mean epidemiologist and scientist who use facts, not whacko
conspiracies to prove points.

Touche.

I agree. It's just another promotion by the big pharmaceutical companies who
make big bucks on children's vaccinations. It's not that hard to twist
science in their favor. Results of any scientific research can be easily
interpreted in a number of ways, notwithstanding the outcome. And besides -
giving children multiple vaccinations (especially in one shot) - science
doesn't really go into long-term effects (most of the studies use max 5-10
year data), developmental trends, etc, etc. 10 vaccines in one shot - who
can you tell later what caused an allergy or another health issue? A friend
of mine has an autistic child - she is positive that vaccinations DID do him
wrong. However, the science is silent about it. Who would like to pay for a
study that will reveal negative impact of vaccines?...

"Kevysmom" wrote in message
lkaboutparenting.com...
Sounds like this is straight out of the mouths of the "LEGAL" Drug
pushers....BIG PHARMA!

Nope. just scientists and those people who actually use facts.




You mean those scientist who get paid BIG dollars from the company that
POISONED our kids with Mercury???

"Dingo" wrote in message
nk.net...

I agree. It's just another promotion by the big pharmaceutical companies
who
make big bucks on children's vaccinations.

It is far more lucrative to let the little buggers get sick, and then charge
big bucks for all those hospital visits, etc.

It's not that hard to twist
science in their favor. Results of any scientific research can be easily
interpreted in a number of ways, notwithstanding the outcome.

Not really, but, why should you let facts stand in the way of a good
conspiracy theory?

And besides -
giving children multiple vaccinations (especially in one shot) - science
doesn't really go into long-term effects (most of the studies use max 5-10
year data), developmental trends, etc, etc. 10 vaccines in one shot

10 in 1? Can you provide any proof of this?

- who
can you tell later what caused an allergy or another health issue?

Doctors, scientists, people who use facts.

A friend
of mine has an autistic child - she is positive that vaccinations DID do
him
wrong. However, the science is silent about it. Who would like to pay for
a
study that will reveal negative impact of vaccines?...

Studies have documented that vaccination does not cause autism. These
studies were not paid for by the pharmaceutical companies.



"Kevysmom" wrote in message
lkaboutparenting.com...
Sounds like this is straight out of the mouths of the "LEGAL" Drug
pushers....BIG PHARMA!

Nope. just scientists and those people who actually use facts.




You mean those scientist who get paid BIG dollars from the company that
POISONED our kids with Mercury???