Monday, August 29, 2011

A Note To All You Silly (And Dangerous) Anti-Vaccination People Out There.

There is a lot of scare tactic nonsense going on at the moment about the SV40 vaccine (see here to see what the CDC has to say on that), and vaccines in general. Generally spread by purveyors of pseudoscience based on shoddy research, bad science and conspiracy theory nonsense. Vaccinations save lives and are, on the whole, considered safe. Here are the conclusions of a report done on the safety and effectiveness of certain vaccines.

The committee was not charged with making recommendations, and it did not pinpoint any particular areas for continued research. Much research already occurs to determine the safety of vaccines for the populations for whom they are recommended (emphasis added). However, there is much to learn about the human immune system, autoimmunity, and the effects of genetic variation, all of which may influence how people respond to vaccines.
Vaccines offer the promise of protection against a variety of infectious diseases. Despite much media attention and strong opinions from many quarters, vaccines remain one of the greatest tools in the public health arsenal (emphasis added). Certainly, some vaccines result in adverse effects that must be acknowledged. But the latest evidence shows that few adverse effects are caused by the vaccines reviewed in this report.
 Reference
(2011). Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality. The Institute of Medicine. Retrieved 29/08/2011. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Adverse-Effects-of-Vaccines-Evidence-and-Causality/Report-Brief.aspx?page=2

3 comments:

  1. Most people don't realise that aspirin or panadol kills more people than vaccinations, but people love to believe conspiracy theories - Like that fake report that a Dr Wakefield released about vaccinations causing autism - which is ridiculous, as autism can't be aquired. He even admitted it was false, and only wrote it so that he could sell his own vaccinations, but people still believe his fake research. So much so that infant mortality went up a few % in the USA after his paper was published. Some people just choose to hitch their wagon to the wrong mob.

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  2. http://healthmaven.blogspot.com/search/label/MMR%20vaccine BUT ROB, VACCINES ARE DANGEROUS OMGOMGOMG IF WE GIVE THEM TO OUR KIDS, THEY WILL DIE OF EPILEPSY AND SHIT

    IT'S TRUE BECAUSE THIS STRANGELY-PUT-TOGETHER WEBSITE SAYS SO AND SO DO "EXPERTS" (note: don't ask what kind of experts)

    OMG ROB HOW COULD YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU

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  3. Anonymous- Agreed, on all counts!

    El- Haha, scary thing is El, people actually believe that crap...

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