in my area where i live, a young toddler and his mother have contracted vaccinea virus from his father, who received a smallpox vaccine before being deployed.
his father is in the army.
i am wondering a couple of things:
1) do you remember the post 911 scare that we all went through, and we as first responders were being told by the government/homeland security that we should all receive the smallpox vaccine?
2) how many of you were wary of that mandate?
3) how many of you went ahead and received the vaccine?
4). did you have any adverse reaction, or mild reaction?
5) after reading this story, do you think the benefits outweigh the risks?
6) how much do you think you know about vaccines, whether pneumoccocal, hpv vaccine, or hepatitis b, or influenza?
chicago toddler, mother get rare infection from father's smallpox vaccination
provided by: canadian press
mar. 17, 2007
chicago (ap) - a two-year-old boy and his mother have contracted a rare, life-threatening infection from his soldier father's smallpox vaccination, according to a published report.
the boy developed a virulent rash over 80 per cent of his body earlier this month after coming in contact with his father, who had been vaccinated before he was to be deployed overseas by the u.s. army, the chicago tribune reported saturday.
------------------------------------------------------------------------now...the mother also had reaction....but there's no indication by this story or any others, that she had eczema....so how did she contract this disease....possibly through sexual or close physical contact???
doesn't this make you wonder if this stuff is truly safe?
