The belief that MMR vaccine can cause serious side effects is still widespread [32]. Third, delays were common and affected booster doses more importantly than primary vaccination series. These delays are well known to be associated with an extending period at risk for VPD. Furthermore, delays...
Many parents worry childhood vaccines aren't safe. This mindset isn't new. But Maniar saidsocial mediaallows for misinformation about vaccine safety to spread further than it has in the past. There are also dissenting voices out there with significant platforms, such as Florida's surgeon general...
Something has really gone wrong! As a little girl I got 3 vaccines my whole life; the small pox (no longer given) the tetanus and the polio (sugar cube). Then they added the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine in 1978 along with boosters and introduced the combined Diphtheria, Pertussis a...
Chickenpox is considered a “normal” childhood illness and the vaccine was made for convienence: the working mothers. The vaccine side effects for chickenpox far outweigh the dangers of the common childhood illness. I can remember all of my 10 siblings having the illness back in the 1950’s ...
The laws that govern childhood compulsory vaccination deprive parents and children of three ordinary tort law protections: free and informed consent to an invasive medical procedure; accurate and complete information about vaccine ingredients and possible side effects; and the right to sue manufacturers ...
Additional analyses were done among caregivers whose child was age-eligible for the HPV vaccine (ages 11 and up; N=61). We ran descriptive statistics and fit multivariable generalized linear models to identify factors associated with intention to vaccinate and HPV vaccination uptake. Among all ...
2 In some cases, the BCG vaccine’s protective effect against TB may persist for more than 50 years.3 In addition to preventing TB infection, BCG is also the standard of treatment care for non–muscle invasive bladder cancer and has been associated with several immunomodulatory effects.4,5 ...
I like statistics. So I look at the diseases and at the statistical risks of the disease. You read about vaccinations in general, those pros and cons you consider as well. We looked at each disease separately, what is the story behind the vaccine… then you make a decision. (quote 7 ...
Vaccine side effects have been noted in the combined Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccination since it was licenses in the 1940’s. This combined vaccine was not used on a large scale until the vaccinations were independently approved and eventually combined together with inadequate safety studies...
Estimated impact of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine allocation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: a modelling study. PLoS Med. 2020;17(11):e1003377. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003377PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 45. Aheto JMK. Predictive model and determinants of under-five child mortality: ...