The CDC established this system in The VSD is a collection of linked databases containing information from large medical groups. The linked databases allow officials to gather data about vaccination among the populations served by the medical groups.
Researchers can access the data by proposing studies to the CDC and having them approved. The VSD has some drawbacks. For example, few completely unvaccinated children are listed in the database. The medical groups providing information to VSD may have patient populations that are not representative of large populations in general.
Additionally, the data come not from randomized, controlled, blinded trials but from actual medical practice. Therefore, it may be difficult to control and evaluate the data. It monitors real-time data to compare rates of adverse events in recently vaccinated people with rates among unvaccinated people. The system is used mainly to monitor new vaccines. Possible associations between adverse events and vaccination are then studied further.
For information on systems for compensating individuals who have been harmed by vaccines, see our article on Vaccine Injury Compensation Programs. Just a few weeks after the landmark press conference announcing success of the vaccine trials, an Idaho doctor reported a case of paralytic polio in a recently vaccinated girl. Over the next few weeks, similar reports trickled in to local health authorities. All involved a disturbing detail: paralysis began in the vaccinated arm, rather than in the legs as was more common.
It soon emerged that most of the cases of paralytic polio occurred in children inoculated with vaccine produced by Cutter Laboratories in California. The first vaccine for rotavirus, a common cause of severe childhood diarrheal illness, RotaShield, was licensed and recommended for routine childhood immunization in Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, however, withdrew the vaccine in due to safety concerns.
Scientists associated the vaccine with a rare intestinal problem called intussusception, a potentially fatal telescoping of part of the bowel. In Kyoto, Japan, 68 of children died after diphtheria immunization as a result of improper manufacture of toxoid. Toxoid in the preparation reverted to toxin, with disastrous effects. Toxoid manufacturers instituted safeguards after this event to prevent similar incidents. No similar cases have since been reported. True or false?
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Thimerosal has also been nearly removed in the U. After a thorough review, in the Institute of Medicine rejected the idea that vaccines had any relationship with autism. Many studies have been done to evaluate the safety of multiple vaccines. None has shown that multiple vaccines cause a problem. Children are exposed to many foreign substances every day with no harmful effects.
Scientists say that the tiny amount of virus or bacteria in vaccines is not enough to harm a child. What can be harmful, though, is delaying a child's vaccines needlessly.
Recommendations were developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics AAP to help reduce the risk for sudden infant death syndrome SIDS and other sleep-related deaths in infants up to 12 months old. No evidence has been found linking vaccines as a cause of SIDS. Many vaccines are given more than once, at different ages, and in combinations.
Although your healthcare provider's office will also keep track, people change healthcare providers and records get lost. The person ultimately responsible for keeping track of your child's vaccines is you. Ask your child's healthcare provider for an immunization record form. Think about your child's record as you would a birth certificate.
Keep it with your other essential documents. You can also download an easy-to-read immunization schedule and record form at the CDC website.
Most parents and healthcare providers do a good job of keeping up with immunizations. Yet studies show that about one-fourth of preschool children are missing at least 1 routine vaccine. Some people have to forgo different vaccinations due to a high risk of potential allergic reactions. But for most who refuse vaccines it should be known that there is little risk.
There are some common reasons that lead to vaccine opposition. Some cite religious beliefs as the reason behind their refusal to get vaccinated, though most mainstream religions do not condemn vaccines. There was a belief that diseases were disappearing due to better sanitation and hygiene, not vaccines. This has been proven false by the resurgence of previously eradicated infectious diseases. Those who are vaccinated can still get sick, but they will experience mild symptoms.
People also think the risks outweigh the benefits. This is currently the biggest objection in the United States. Parents cite many medical risks, including autism, as potential consequences of being vaccinated. Diseases will only stay eradicated as long as vaccines are still used to prevent them. They believe that pharmaceutical companies only want to sell their products, regardless of the impact on the people who use them. The belief that vaccines can cause autism has become widespread in the past few years.
Parents seem to be most concerned about the MMR vaccine, which is used to prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. Multiple studies have shown that the MMR vaccine does not cause autism. Most of these studies had large sample sizes. The CDC also clarified that vaccine ingredients do not cause autism. Thimerosal, an ingredient that has been used in some vaccines, also raises concerns.
It is a mercury-based preservative that was thought to cause autism. It is now only used in some flu vaccines. There are also thimerosal-free flu vaccinations available.
Even so, the CDC states that thimerosal does not cause autism. There are several reasons for this, including:.
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