Japan reports sixth infant death after vaccination
Japan's health ministry on Thursday reported the death of a sixth infant who recently received vaccinations made by Pfizer or Sanofi-Aventis that have been suspended since last week.
The ministry said the unidentified boy, aged between six months and one year, died seven days after receiving Sanofi Pasteur's ActHIB in combination with a DPT shot for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus on February 15.
The latest case followed the ministry's earlier reports that five infants under three years old had died since early February after receiving the vaccinations alone or in combination with other drugs.
At least three of the six infants suffered from known pre-existing heart conditions and other illnesses.
The ministry has suspended Prevenar, made by New York-based Pfizer, and ActHIB, made by the Sanofi Pasteur wing of Paris-headquartered Sanofi-Aventis, while it investigates whether they are linked to the children's deaths.
A group of medical experts have said they were not able to identify a specific link between the deaths and the vaccines and the ministry is conducting detailed investigations.
Both shots have been given widely to children around the world for years to prevent bacterial infections causing pneumonia and meningitis, which can be fatal in rare instances.
(c) 2011 AFP
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Just as a point of argument in the case For Vaccines --
1953, Salk and his associates develop a potentially safe, inactivated (killed), injected polio vaccine.
1955 - 57, incidence of polio in the U.S. falls by 85 - 90%.
1979, last case of polio caused by wild virus in U.S
I don't know about you... but that's pretty strong evidence to me that in at least this case (i would propose that MOST if not ALL) vaccines HAVE helped at least a few folks.
Don't get me started on smallpox.
Mar 10, 2011
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Jenny McCarthy sock puppet?
Mar 14, 2011
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If I could plug my ears so I couldn't hear what she was saying, I'd be her sock puppet! On a more serious note, the original poster is on a serious denialism trip right now.
Mar 17, 2011
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My wife and I are expecting a child soon, and this is a pretty important issue for us. Japan is actually pretty far behind the rest of the industialized world when it comes to vaccines, and has higher death disease-related infant death rates because of it. I'm planning on getting our child treated in the US, where the schedule is more robust and there are government subsidies (or so I've read).
Mar 23, 2011
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Lie or ignorance. The immune system is moderately well understood and the theory has worked in actual practice.
Total fabrication, POSSIBLY based on an amazing level of ignorance.
If what you said was true then we would still have smallpox killing millions every decade. Polio would still be killing or crippling millions. Smallpox is extinct and polio nearly so and it is entirely due to vaccinations.
Does this go with your lie about the Holocaust on another thread?
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This coward is making hit an run posts. Tells lies and then runs away.
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