Study: News: Flu Shot Safe for Babies, Toddlers

[Guest guest]

Passing it along with the title intact ...You decide for yourself .

 

We have decided that our family does not currently have any

environmental or health factors that pertain to us where the benefits of

receiving this shot outweigh the risks, so we decline - and always have

declined in the past also.

 

*Smile*

Chris

 

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Flu Shot Safe for Babies, Toddlers

 

Tuesday , October 24, 2006 - Associated Press

 

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CHICAGO - The biggest study ever to look at the side effects of flu

shots in children confirmed that the vaccine is safe for babies and

toddlers.

 

Researchers studied 45,000 U.S. children and found almost no side

effects requiring medical treatment during the six weeks after the

youngsters were vaccinated.

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than

90 children under 5 die of the flu each season.

 

Flu vaccine has a good safety record, the researchers wrote, though some

formulations have been linked to Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare

paralyzing disorder.

 

With the shots now recommended for all children younger than 5, the

findings are reassuring, said Dr. William Schaffner, an

infectious-disease specialist at Vanderbilt University who was not

involved in the study.

 

" Linus had a security blanket, and this is a huge security blanket, "

Schaffner said. " This is a comfort to all providers, parents and

policymakers that we can move ahead with great, great confidence. "

 

Researchers found a few more cases of mild nausea and diarrhea than

expected within the first two weeks after the shot, but the numbers were

extremely low considering the thousands of children studied: 13 cases.

 

After their flu shots, the children were less likely to get treated for

upper respiratory tract and ear infections. That could have been because

parents felt reassured that the symptoms were not signs of flu, said

study co-author Dr. Simon Hambidge, an investigator at Kaiser Permanente

Colorado's clinical research unit.

 

The federally funded study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the

American Medical Association.

 

" This is really reassuring for parents and for doctors who want to

protect children from what's a pretty nasty disease, " Hambidge said. " We

know children in this age group get hospitalized for complications of

influenza as much as elderly adults do. "

 

Nine of the study's 19 co-authors reported financial ties to vaccine

manufacturers, but the industry had no direct role in the study.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Even if the flu shot by itself were safe.

Even if the MMR shot by itself was safe.

Even if the hep B shot was safe, which I

don't think but that is another question...

 

Has anyone ever tested the safety of the

whole cocktail? Apart from the thimerosal

factor?

 

I shall put my faith in AFA, garlic, Echinacea,

and Oregano oil, etc.

 

I did get a flu last year for the first time

in I don't know how many years. And we

bounced back quite nicely compared to

most people.

 

What is so horrid about a small illness now

and then?

 

ITA with Woobey. Let them catch it young.

 

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