Chickenpox Vaccine Drastically Cuts Hospitalizations

[HuckleB]

http://children.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20110102/vaccine_drastically-cuts-hospitalization-from-chicken-pox

"The chickenpox vaccine prevented more than 50,000 hospitalizations from 2000 to 2006, according to new data published in the February issue of Pediatrics.

This time frame is known as the one-dose chickenpox (varicella) vaccination era. In 2006, however, the CDC began recommending two doses of the vaccine.

“It is expected that the implementation of this recommendation will lead to additional declines in varicella incidence and hospitalization rates,” conclude study researchers led by Adriana S. Lopez, MHS, of the CDC, in Atlanta.

Before the vaccine was first licensed by the FDA in 1995, there were 11,000 people hospitalized with chickenpox each year and 100 people died as a result of the disease, according to the CDC.

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Sounds like good news to me, anyway...

[jwirr]

1. Why does anyone go to the hospital with chickenpox? I and my

sibs had it. My 3 children had it and none of us ended up in a hospital. Of course adults who did not have it as children often found themselves in the hospital.

[bemildred]

2. Not all children are robust. nt

[jwirr]

3. Okay. Didn't think of that.

[bemildred]

4. No prob.

I usually stay out of the vaccine howling contests anyway, stumbled into one by accident once and learned my lesson. But that was a simple question, and the fact that we are not all alike gets too little attention.
:hi:

[mzmolly]

5. Good to know.

As is this.

"There had been some concern that vaccinating children may leave adults who had never had chickenpox vulnerable to more severe infections. This has not been borne out, the new study shows."

Hopefully adults will not be a factor in the years to come.

[HuckleB]

6. In other words, the study shows there is no concern, but you're concerned anyway.

:rofl:

[laconicsax]

7. Being "pro-safety" means always being concerned about what's shown to be safe, not with what's true.

...And I have the tangential references to prove it!

:rofl:

[HuckleB]

8. So much for FORMALDEHYDE! FORMALDEHYDE! FORMALDEHYDE!

Now it's SAFETY! SAFETY! SAFETY!

Fear the safety!

[laconicsax]

9. It's imperative that children be kept safe from vaccines!

Remember--Hannah Poling had an adverse reaction to vaccination which led to an aggravation of an underlying mitochondrial disorder, eventually leading to a global encephalopathy with features similar to autism!

Had she been kept safe from vaccines, she would have been able to contract measles, diphtheria, or pertussis like a normal child!

[HuckleB]

10. "Pro-vax nonsense" is rampant at DU.

It must be stopped!

[trotsky]

11. ...and THEN develop encephalopathy from one of those diseases instead.

Damn those vaccines!

[mzmolly]

14. Her Mom replied to the brainwashing on this

here. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4420311&mesg_id=4426192

But don't let facts get in the way of what your religious leaders assert. It's fun watching you speak for the Poling family.

[laconicsax]

16. Aside from the fact that it's impossible to verify that her mom actually posted that.

The Polings argued before the vaccine court that:

...the vaccination Hannah received on July 19, 2000 significantly aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder, which predisposed her to deficits in cellular energy metabolism which manifested as a regressive encephalopathy with features of an autism-spectrum disorder.

http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/CAMPBELL-SMITH.POLING041008.pdf

But we've been over this before.

[HuckleB]

17. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. -eom-

[mzmolly]

18. That was what the "respondent"

argued. I agree we can't verify it's her, but we can find statements from the family where they speak about the case and their child's autism as a result of vaccination. The rest is semantics.

[laconicsax]

20. FWIW: The respondent's argument was "here's what the petitioner says, we agree."

Recall that the petitioner was the Poling family.

[mzmolly]

22. I think we have a chicken and egg argument between Offit and the Polings?

Regardless, vaccines + Hannah Poling = autism diagnosis. If the mtdna IS at issue, Polings father estimates 72,000 more like her based upon studies he's reviewed. Would you agree that we should try to identify people with like disorders prior to vaccination?

[laconicsax]

25. Well, since that makes a 1:72000 incidence rate, why the hell not. n/t

Over a decade's worth of time and money has been spent investigating things with no basis in reality, so why not investigate something with at least a partial basis in reality?

[mzmolly]

21. "The petition did “not contain a detailed account of the relevant vaccinations and the vaccinee’s

disorder."

[mzmolly]

13. Formaldehyde doesn't cause cancer if it's in a vaccine, and mercury doesn't

lead to brain damage. I know the drill.

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[HuckleB]

23. Odd.

It's not ok to mention that I know the repeats you offer by heart?

[mzmolly]

24. .

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[mzmolly]

26. Not concerned. Just have some questions. Given my first response

is gone. I'll ask them again.

Have most adults in the current population had chicken pox as a child?

How long does naturally acquired immunity last?

How long does c-px vaccine immunity last?

When the temporary vaccine induced immunity wears off, will the next adult population comply with ongoing booster recommendations? As you should know, 6% of adults comply with current pertussis booster recommendations. Do you feel we'll achieve better results with the chicken pox vaccine? If so, why?

Was vaccine status taken into account, creating a potential reporting bias in the science on hospitalizations?

You said these questions have been answered. I'm interested in seeing the answers. Please share with me where you were able to find them.

I tried to take off the big picture cap, and be supportive of this information initially. However, when I was characterized as "concerned," I thought I should expand on my initial (hopefully adults will not be a factor in the years to come) comment.