FDA approves infant vaccine for diarrhea virus

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Feb 4, 2006

Hopefully the quality of lives for many infants will improve once this vaccine becomes widespread.

wincha · Feb 4, 2006

How many vaccines do children need? How many of them are actually needed? Plus there is the issue of vaccines and autism. My ped doesn't agree with the hep b vaccine so we wait until our children are required to have it for school. He doesn't also agree with the chicken pox vaccine. I am hoping my kids will get it on their own like their older siblings did.

wincha · Feb 4, 2006

In 1999, a different rotavirus vaccine, made by Wyeth, was pulled from the U.S. market after it was linked to a small increase in intussusception, a rare, life-threatening blockage or twisting of the intestine.""

Lets see what other things this vaccine could cause.

stn2003, RN · Feb 5, 2006

i am under the impression that vaccines were never definatively linked with autism, and that all the speculation around that occurred back when vaccines were still being made with preservatives containing mercury- which is obviously no longer the case : )

it's back to the old argument of benefits vs. the risks. and i personally believe that the benefits outweigh the risks when the vaccine is one that has the power to save alot of lives through prevention.

Just my opinion.

wincha · Feb 5, 2006

Its not conclusive. Also many parents with children who are autistic would disagree. I have spoken to more than one parent whose child changed and regressed following immunizations.

Gompers, BSN, RN · Feb 5, 2006

How many vaccines do children need? How many of them are actually needed? Plus there is the issue of vaccines and autism. My ped doesn't agree with the hep b vaccine so we wait until our children are required to have it for school. He doesn't also agree with the chicken pox vaccine. I am hoping my kids will get it on their own like their older siblings did.

If you don't want your kids to have it, fine. But this might be a lifesaver for children in undeveloped countries.

mandana · Feb 5, 2006

How many vaccines do children need? How many of them are actually needed? Plus there is the issue of vaccines and autism. My ped doesn't agree with the hep b vaccine so we wait until our children are required to have it for school. He doesn't also agree with the chicken pox vaccine. I am hoping my kids will get it on their own like their older siblings did.

May I ask what your peds reasoning is against Chicken pox vaccine is? I'm genuinely curious and NOT trying to start the old "to vaccinate or not" debate. I will, however, admit to being rabidly pro-vaccine - but I do promise that I'm only curious as to his/her reasoning for not agreeing with Chicken Pox vaccine.

TIA,

Amanda

onehusbandsevenkids · Feb 5, 2006

Oh, yippee....ANOTHER vaccine..... rolling my eyes here....

(But I do agree that in *third world countries* this may be a very good thing) But please don't mandate this like the rediculous chicken pox vax! '

(sorry I'm in a mood tonight and am truly sick of my instructors teaching on this subject without ALL of the available info and studies on vaccines being presented. Its SOOOOOOOOOOOO one sided - I swear I'm better educated about vaccines than any of them....oh well, thats what ya get in mainstream USA nursing schools. I just grit my teeth and bite my tongue....have any of them read and/or studied anything seriously anti-vaccine? Anyone want to make a guess at how many of these pro-vaccine studies are flawed and people just dont realize??? Also, if vaccines are so innocent why does the gov't pay out for vax injuries and deaths??)

Lordy, I probably should have kept my mouth shut....

onehusbandsevenkids · Feb 5, 2006

May I ask what your peds reasoning is against Chicken pox vaccine is? I'm genuinely curious and NOT trying to start the old "to vaccinate or not" debate. I will, however, admit to being rabidly pro-vaccine - but I do promise that I'm only curious as to his/her reasoning for not agreeing with Chicken Pox vaccine.
TIA,
Amanda

Here's a good read to consider.....

http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/child_health/chickenpox_party.html

and a sidebar as to what is actually in the vax:

http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/child_health/chickenpox_party_side2.html

wincha · Feb 5, 2006

Your right its great they are developing a vaccine for this however it will end up not being my choice if my kids get it or not(if I had babies) just like the hep b they must have to go to grade school. Also now the chicken pox which I managed to get a medical waiver since my youngest has some sensory issues. Soon enough the CDC will make every baby have this immunization. I'm not anti immunization also my kids have theirs except the chicken pox. If I could I would wait for the Hep b until they are teenagers at least since it is supposed to cover sex and drug use which my kids are NOT doing in grade school or even younger since its required to go to preschool.

wincha · Feb 5, 2006

May I ask what your peds reasoning is against Chicken pox vaccine is? I'm genuinely curious and NOT trying to start the old "to vaccinate or not" debate. I will, however, admit to being rabidly pro-vaccine - but I do promise that I'm only curious as to his/her reasoning for not agreeing with Chicken Pox vaccine.
TIA,
Amanda

The reasoning first is my kids can get the natural immunity. Also its not proven how long it will last so if they do not have boosters we could end up with a lot of older people with the chicken pox and that can be dangerous. Plus I have even seen it on tv the CDC now says that it is not effective for long term but having a booster would too expensive to make mandatory. Many nurses I know who are peds nurses and even some pediatricians who had their children in our preschool did not vaccinate for this. One doc brought her kids to a patients house who had chicken pox to expose her kids. I worry if my dd doesn't get the natural immunity will it wear off in her child bearing years. Plus many children still get the chicken pox with the vaccine and some children have been getting shingles after also.

Parents who have children who are in the autisitic spectrum, some do think the vaccines the mercury in them contributed to their childs autism. Not all but many. Some have seen regression after a flu shot at an older age and had never had any autistic signs before. Some who have an autistic child are being very careful to immunize their other children when they are older or insist on mercury free vaccines. It is not proven that the mercury does not cause autism. Many of these children have high mercury levels in their bodies also.