Vaccines and brain damage in children

[phooph]

Vaccine used in children causing brain damage? |West Palm Beach News, South Florida Breaking News, Forecast, Video from WPTV

[Sylph]

My daughter had a febrile seizure (not due to vaccines) and had no bad effects from it.
I am sure there are rare complications from vaccines. We have to remember the many many more lives saved from vaccines. We don't want to go back to the past and have kids getting brain damage from measles or paralyzed from polio.

A good article from someone I respect, Dr. Harriet Hall:
https://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/09-06-03

[Dynamique]

There is an article in this month's Discover Magazine on vaccines, the alleged autism connection to vaccination, and the potential dangers from not vaccinating.

Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? | Vaccines | DISCOVER Magazine

... I am sure there are rare complications from vaccines. We have to remember the many many more lives saved from vaccines. We don't want to go back to the past and have kids getting brain damage from measles or paralyzed from polio.

A good article from someone I respect, Dr. Harriet Hall:
https://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/09-06-03

[Fillie]

I am wondering if maternal antidepressants have anything to do with the rise in autism? Can I get any anecdotal information on this hunch?

There is an article in this month's Discover Magazine on vaccines, the alleged autism connection to vaccination, and the potential dangers from not vaccinating.

Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? | Vaccines | DISCOVER Magazine

[phooph]

The issue from my perspective is the safety of the vaccine vs the benefit to the general population. There is little incentive for the drug companies to insure safety now that the Patriot Act renders them unaccountable for damage from vaccines.

Japan ceased to use the US DPT vaccine and developed a safer one after it produced injury and death in a number of children.
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(4/18/97) The Tainted History of the DPT Vaccine

The industry has a poor track record when it comes to insuring safety, as money rules:
Profits vs Safety

The FDA with incestuous relationships with drug companies allows them to continue to sell stocks of vaccines even after they have expired, proven ineffective or contaminated. Preventing revenue loss for drug companies trumps public safety.

Nearly 50 Years after Development of the Polio Vaccine, SV40 Contamination Continues to be a Growing Controversy

There is an article in this month's Discover Magazine on vaccines, the alleged autism connection to vaccination, and the potential dangers from not vaccinating.

Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? | Vaccines | DISCOVER Magazine