FW: Re: Rotaivrus News + intro from Kate

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone. I have sent an into but I mistakenly sent to only.

, I don't know if you are able to send to group or should I just

repeat what I said? As you can tell, I am not very " computer literate " .

Fairly new at this. Anyway, some things I didn't mention in original

intro. My dh is Dave; we are in agreement on vaccines, altho we came in

late in the game. Both our girls are partially vaccinated. We have 2

girls: nne, 5, and , 2. I'm a SAHM and we live in Ontario,

Canada.

A question: What is this Rotavirus? What disease does it cure? Any

gastro-intestinal disorder??? I've never heard of it. The US is way ahead

of us in the vaccine game; chicken pox vaccine still isn't approved here.

Not that I'm complaining. LOL

I am happy to be a part of this mailing list and hope to learn a lot.

Kate

>From: " G " <mom2q@...>

>

>

>

>August 31, 1998

>ROTAVIRUS VACCINE LICENSE APPLICATION IS

>APPROVED BY FDA

>

>On August 31, 1998, the FDA approved a license application

>for rotavirus vaccine, live, oral, tetravalent.

>RotaShield is the trade name of this vaccine. RotaShield

>is indicated for the prevention of gastroenteritis caused

>by those rotavirus serotypes contained in the vaccine. The

>recommended dosing schedule for oral immunization with

>RotaShield is 2, 4, and 6 months of age. Initiation of

>vaccination after 6 months of age is currently not

>recommended.

>

>RotaShield is manufactured by Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.

>of Marietta, Pennsylvania, and distributed by Wyeth-Lederle

>Vaccines and Pediatrics. Please see the package insert

>for additional information.

>

>------------------------------------------------------------------------

>