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Another vaccine warning! Me thinks that the vaccines they pump out to the marketplace today share none of the testing or moral responsibility that vaccinces for polio did years ago.

 

FDA Sees Possible Risk of Fatal Bowel Problem With GSK Vaccine

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100922-713288.html

 

The Food and Drug Administration said preliminary results from a study in Mexico involving GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix vaccine suggest an increased risk of a serious bowel problem that could be fatal.

 

A statement posted to the FDA's website said the study showed an increased risk of intussusception in the 31-day period following the first dose of Rotarix. Intussusception is a twisting or obstruction of the intestine that can be fatal.

 

The safety of Rotarix and RotaTeq, a similar vaccine made by Merck, have carefully been tracked by regulators since another vaccine by then drug-maker Wyeth was pulled off the market in 1999 after it was linked to an increased rate of intussusception...

 

...Given this track record with rotavirus vaccines, it is appalling that the FDA is not taking urgent action to protect the children, but then this is the same agency that approved Rotarix in the first place -- even though there was a higher rate of pneumonia-related deaths and convulsions among vaccinated infants in one of the main studies.

 

It's also the same agency that only "recommended" physicians temporarily suspend their use of Rotarix earlier this year after a serious contamination risk was uncovered...

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Now THAT you can make a case for and I could go along. Once again, the fallacy of government deregulation (GOP mantra in place since the Ray-gun era) rears its ugly head...

 

Gee, given the choice, of course big corps will always do the right thing versus fast profits! :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

How stoopid can people be???

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