another vaccine doing it's job

http://my.earthlink.net/article/bus?guid=20081025/490299c0_3ca6_1552620081025-2115894865




Vaccine slashes diarrheal illness in kids
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP Medical Writer)
From Associated Press
October 25, 2008 11:39 PM EDT

WASHINGTON - A vaccine against rotavirus, the leading cause of diarrhea in infants, has led to a dramatic drop in hospitalization and emergency room visits since it came on the market two years ago, doctors reported Saturday.

A bonus: the vaccine seems to be preventing illness even in unvaccinated children by cutting the number of infections in the community that kids can pick up and spread.

"We're a little surprised by the degree of impact given the coverage we've achieved," said Jane Seward of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only about half of young children had received the vaccine and very few had received all three doses when the studies were done.

thanks for posting. people so often do not know, or remember, what it was like before vaccinations. people have gauzy memories of itching with measles, but they do not see the kids who died, or were blinded. they are not there to see.

This vaccine is a wonderful lifesaver.

Pros and cons, you know?

:crazy:

Sorry - that's awesome news.

That's great news.

There, now I feel better. Sorry, it just had to said.

Now sit back and watch the mice take the bait. :popcorn:

Wait, this just in from the CDC. A new vaccine against autism has been discovered. Sadly, children vaccinated against this horrible affliction have a higher than normal rate of rotavirus infection. Blah, blah blah.....

Sorry for the sarcasm but the woo-woo density will no doubt increase once this vile bit of fact gets noticed by the anti vaccine mob.

had the Roto virus a year or so ago (they are only 13 months apart). It was a disastrous mess! I'd definitely get a roto-virus innoculation for my kids if they exist when I have them!

https://pshi.aed.org/news_pouznprtz.htm

Approximately 700,000 deaths per year in Africa are attributable to diarrhea.

Like they always do - well, as long as there aren't too many of them.

"Many doctors now argue that reporters should treat the antivaccine lobby with the same indifference they do Holocaust deniers, AIDS deniers and those claiming to have proof that NASA faked the Moon landings."

IT'S= it+is. No more, no less. The possessive is ITS.