News: Gov't Panel Recommends Shingles Vaccine

[Guest guest]

And now ... onto that Shingles Vaccine ...

 

Cradle to grave vaccines and prescription medications for all .. how

dandy .... ;-p

 

*Smile*

Chris

 

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ATLANTA - An influential government advisory panel voted Wednesday to

recommend routine vaccines to protect older adults against shingles.

 

<snipped>The vaccine is a souped-up version of Merck's chickenpox

vaccine for children, with a live virus that is 14 times more potent.

 

Read the story here

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Oct25/0,4670,ShinglesVaccine,00.html

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " Christine Ziegler "

<chrisziggy wrote:

>

> And now ... onto that Shingles Vaccine ...

>

> Cradle to grave vaccines and prescription medications for all .. how

> dandy .... ;-p

>

> *Smile*

> Chris

 

 

Hi All,

I've been to busy with Ghosts and Goblins, and Witches to post lately.

Missed all the bouncing fun, but getting back in now. Chris, wish

I'd had that Halloween menu 2 weeks ago when the " Parents " in the

neighborhood had our big Halloween gala....

Anyway to the point..... I agree, to many vaccines. I have had most,

work in health care Emergency Department for years, but I've not had

the flu (The real thing, not what most people call the flu, which is

really just a viral syndrome). I do believe in vaccines. My children

who do have health problems, asthma, and one with a spinal tumor at 2,

have gotten all the standards, and yes I do the flu vaccines for them.

But I think you really need to look at lifestyle, where you live,

urban, vs rural, family history, etc to decide what you need. I do

work as a school nurse now..have a teenager I need to watch, like a

Hawk. Some folks think that the schools force them on you, and that

just ain't true in any of the 50 states. Anyone, at any time can get

a medical waiver from your Doc, or a religious waiver that you sign

yourself. Don't have to prove anything. I have never had Chicken

Pox, at grandmas when my sisters broke out with it, and my parents

made me stay there for 3 weeks. I thought they didn't love me anymore,

I've since gotten over that, they do. I just steer clear of kids with

it now. When I worked ED I got to go in on all the Herpes cases

because I wouldn't get it, not having had chicken pox, you have to

have that before you can get shingles/Herpes Zoster.

I will note at least in Missouri the Colleges are a little more

zealous about vaccinations, and they have added Meningitis to the list

as mandatory (We lose at least 3 college kids a year to that disease,

and the epidemiologic nightmare of tracking contacts have driven the

colleges/universities to mandate absolute vaccination. But by then

the kids are 18 so it's their choice....not that they're smart enough

to make that decision.

Vaccinations like other meds save many lives, and along the way, like

all things take some. It does boil down to choice, just needs to be

an informed one.

Happy November,

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynn,

 

Thank you for your input on this one. Although we have come to different

conclusions regarding the merits of vaccines for our personal selves and

our families, we do very much agree on what I consider the THE major

point:

 

Folks really need to make getting vaccines a well educated and informed

decision, rather than something we do cause we're just going through the

motions like everyone else does, or cause we think it has to be done for

school, or cause the news said Walgreens is having shots on sale (or

free) and we all love a bargain

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

Hi All,

I've been to busy with Ghosts and Goblins, and Witches to post lately.

Missed all the bouncing fun, but getting back in now. Chris, wish

I'd had that Halloween menu 2 weeks ago when the " Parents " in the

neighborhood had our big Halloween gala....

Anyway to the point..... I agree, to many vaccines. I have had most,

work in health care Emergency Department for years, but I've not had

the flu (The real thing, not what most people call the flu, which is

really just a viral syndrome). I do believe in vaccines. My children

who do have health problems, asthma, and one with a spinal tumor at 2,

have gotten all the standards, and yes I do the flu vaccines for them.

But I think you really need to look at lifestyle, where you live,

urban, vs rural, family history, etc to decide what you need. I do

work as a school nurse now..have a teenager I need to watch, like a

Hawk. Some folks think that the schools force them on you, and that

just ain't true in any of the 50 states. Anyone, at any time can get

a medical waiver from your Doc, or a religious waiver that you sign

yourself. Don't have to prove anything. I have never had Chicken

Pox, at grandmas when my sisters broke out with it, and my parents

made me stay there for 3 weeks. I thought they didn't love me anymore,

I've since gotten over that, they do. I just steer clear of kids with

it now. When I worked ED I got to go in on all the Herpes cases

because I wouldn't get it, not having had chicken pox, you have to

have that before you can get shingles/Herpes Zoster.

I will note at least in Missouri the Colleges are a little more

zealous about vaccinations, and they have added Meningitis to the list

as mandatory (We lose at least 3 college kids a year to that disease,

and the epidemiologic nightmare of tracking contacts have driven the

colleges/universities to mandate absolute vaccination. But by then

the kids are 18 so it's their choice....not that they're smart enough

to make that decision.

Vaccinations like other meds save many lives, and along the way, like

all things take some. It does boil down to choice, just needs to be

an informed one.

Happy November,

Lynn