Re: Doctor Says Earlier Vaccinations Needed To Fight Whooping Cough

[Guest guest]

isnt' that what they are doing at vanderbilt right now? Vaccinating 50 at

birth so that they can see if it's safe to start the series at birth instead

of 8 weeks. WHO WOULD PUT THERE KID IN THAT POSITION? ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

in IL

Doctor Says Earlier Vaccinations Needed To Fight

Whooping Cough

>

> Why not just have the needle ready and waiting as they pop out? Make life

> easy, wouldn't it? God, these people make me sick!

>

> Sue

>

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> http://wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2252802 & nav=0RZNQWV9

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> Doctor Says Earlier Vaccinations Needed To Fight Whooping Cough

>

> By Lori Lyle

>

> (LOUISVILLE, September 2nd, 2004) -- When a vaccine for pertussis, or

> whooping cough, was developed in the 1940s, the number of cases dropped.

But

> now, the number of cases of whooping cough is rising, with as many as

8,000

> cases a year. The disease can be fatal in infants. WAVE 3's Lori Lyle

> reports.

>

> Four-month-old Hamp is part of a clinical trial that's changing his

vaccine

> schedule. Normally, a baby starts their series of three whooping cough

> vaccines at two months. Hamp got his first dose when he was born.

>

> Hamp's mother, Anne Marie , says " we are glad to be in this study.

We

> are glad to be helping and glad that we can be part of something that

might

> help children, especially later down the line. "

>

> Dr. Natasha Halasa says whooping cough is highly contagious. If infants

> catch it from an adult, it can turn deadly. She says that's why the

earlier

> they start to be protected, the better. " Kids could actually mount an

immune

> response and get their second vaccine by two months of age, protecting

them

> earlier, instead of waiting until four months, where they get the second

> shot. "

>

> It happened to 9-month-old Blayne. When he was five weeks old, he got

> whooping cough and stopped breathing for 21 seconds. " You just cannot

> explain the fear, the emotion you go through, the helplessness, " says

> Blayne's mom, Starla Sands.

>

> Blayne's mom says, while it's hard to talk about what happened to her son,

> she feels it's important to tell parents to take this disease seriously.

" If

> it is an adult-sounding cough, and they are gasping for air, they need to

be

> checked out. "

>

> Like many babies, Hamp is not happy about his vaccines. What he doesn't

> realize is that the study he's involved in could save babies in the future

> from a dangerous disease.

>

> There are two other options being considered to decrease the number of

> whooping cough cases. Researchers are looking at vaccinating women while

> they are pregnant or to add another vaccination during the adolescent

years.

>

> Online Reporter: Lori Lyle

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

LOL I echo your sentiment!

Laurette

> Why not just have the needle ready and waiting as they pop out?

Make life

> easy, wouldn't it? God, these people make me sick!

>

> Sue

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> http://wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2252802 & nav=0RZNQWV9

>

> Doctor Says Earlier Vaccinations Needed To Fight Whooping Cough

>

> By Lori Lyle

>

> (LOUISVILLE, September 2nd, 2004) -- When a vaccine for pertussis,

or

> whooping cough, was developed in the 1940s, the number of cases

dropped. But

> now, the number of cases of whooping cough is rising, with as many

as 8,000

> cases a year. The disease can be fatal in infants. WAVE 3's Lori

Lyle

> reports.

>

> Four-month-old Hamp is part of a clinical trial that's changing

his vaccine

> schedule. Normally, a baby starts their series of three whooping

cough

> vaccines at two months. Hamp got his first dose when he was born.

>

> Hamp's mother, Anne Marie , says " we are glad to be in this

study. We

> are glad to be helping and glad that we can be part of something

that might

> help children, especially later down the line. "

>

> Dr. Natasha Halasa says whooping cough is highly contagious. If

infants

> catch it from an adult, it can turn deadly. She says that's why

the earlier

> they start to be protected, the better. " Kids could actually mount

an immune

> response and get their second vaccine by two months of age,

protecting them

> earlier, instead of waiting until four months, where they get the

second

> shot. "

>

> It happened to 9-month-old Blayne. When he was five weeks old, he

got

> whooping cough and stopped breathing for 21 seconds. " You just

cannot

> explain the fear, the emotion you go through, the helplessness, "

says

> Blayne's mom, Starla Sands.

>

> Blayne's mom says, while it's hard to talk about what happened to

her son,

> she feels it's important to tell parents to take this disease

seriously. " If

> it is an adult-sounding cough, and they are gasping for air, they

need to be

> checked out. "

>

> Like many babies, Hamp is not happy about his vaccines. What he

doesn't

> realize is that the study he's involved in could save babies in

the future

> from a dangerous disease.

>

> There are two other options being considered to decrease the

number of

> whooping cough cases. Researchers are looking at vaccinating women

while

> they are pregnant or to add another vaccination during the

adolescent years.

>

> Online Reporter: Lori Lyle

[Guest guest]

So naturally all these 50 babies will be born with 'normal childhood

illnesses'.........sad..

Joanna

in IL <tracy1970@...> wrote:

isnt' that what they are doing at vanderbilt right now? Vaccinating 50 at

birth so that they can see if it's safe to start the series at birth instead

of 8 weeks. WHO WOULD PUT THERE KID IN THAT POSITION? ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

in IL

Doctor Says Earlier Vaccinations Needed To Fight

Whooping Cough

>

> Why not just have the needle ready and waiting as they pop out? Make life

> easy, wouldn't it? God, these people make me sick!

>

> Sue

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> http://wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2252802 & nav=0RZNQWV9

>

> Doctor Says Earlier Vaccinations Needed To Fight Whooping Cough

>

> By Lori Lyle

>

> (LOUISVILLE, September 2nd, 2004) -- When a vaccine for pertussis, or

> whooping cough, was developed in the 1940s, the number of cases dropped.

But

> now, the number of cases of whooping cough is rising, with as many as

8,000

> cases a year. The disease can be fatal in infants. WAVE 3's Lori Lyle

> reports.

>

> Four-month-old Hamp is part of a clinical trial that's changing his

vaccine

> schedule. Normally, a baby starts their series of three whooping cough

> vaccines at two months. Hamp got his first dose when he was born.

>

> Hamp's mother, Anne Marie , says " we are glad to be in this study.

We

> are glad to be helping and glad that we can be part of something that

might

> help children, especially later down the line. "

>

> Dr. Natasha Halasa says whooping cough is highly contagious. If infants

> catch it from an adult, it can turn deadly. She says that's why the

earlier

> they start to be protected, the better. " Kids could actually mount an

immune

> response and get their second vaccine by two months of age, protecting

them

> earlier, instead of waiting until four months, where they get the second

> shot. "

>

> It happened to 9-month-old Blayne. When he was five weeks old, he got

> whooping cough and stopped breathing for 21 seconds. " You just cannot

> explain the fear, the emotion you go through, the helplessness, " says

> Blayne's mom, Starla Sands.

>

> Blayne's mom says, while it's hard to talk about what happened to her son,

> she feels it's important to tell parents to take this disease seriously.

" If

> it is an adult-sounding cough, and they are gasping for air, they need to

be

> checked out. "

>

> Like many babies, Hamp is not happy about his vaccines. What he doesn't

> realize is that the study he's involved in could save babies in the future

> from a dangerous disease.

>

> There are two other options being considered to decrease the number of

> whooping cough cases. Researchers are looking at vaccinating women while

> they are pregnant or to add another vaccination during the adolescent

years.

>

> Online Reporter: Lori Lyle

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

not to mention they'll never know if their child had problems or not they'll

just assume that any delays would have occurred anyway.

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so glad that Liam is vaccine free and that &

Chase are relatively healthy despite my being young and ignorant!

in IL

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> So naturally all these 50 babies will be born with 'normal childhood

> illnesses'.........sad..

>

> Joanna

>