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72 babies died within 20 days of receiving GSK Infanrix hexa Vaccine

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andersonsophie89 · 18/01/2015 00:26

72 babies died within 20 days of receiving GSK Infanrix hexa Vaccine.
They reported that the deaths of these children were due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome (SUDS) unrelated vaccination. WHAT??? What cant

Infanrix hexa combines vaccines against 6 diseases [namely Diptheria, Tetanus and Acelluar Pertusis (whooping cough), Hepatitis B, inactivated Poliomyelitis and Haemophilus influenza type B] in a single vaccine.

Why arent we informed of problems

england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/homelessness/emergency_accommodation_if_homeless/womens_refuges

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SlicedAndDiced · 27/01/2015 21:37

Yes like I said, dad always has been a bit of a conspiracy lover, mums adamant it was him who refused my vaccines for so long (cheers dad Hmm)

But then we weren't allowed internet in the house until I was 18 because, you know, then mi5 would be spying on our completely ordinary lives for some inexplicable reason!

heartisaspade · 27/01/2015 22:16

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meditrina · 27/01/2015 23:24

Is it worth a reminder that until 1997/98, since measles and rubella jabs were available on NHS, and were a perfectly normal choice (there never was a 'golden age' of pre-Wakefield MMR). Those who did not want a combined jab did not have to have one (though could not get a mumps shot singly on NHS ever),

It was an exceptionally poor decision to allow the license to lapse (ordinary 5 year renewal) as that in itself stoked the fuss. If the aim was to have children vaccinated (rather than to have them vaccinated with a particular jab) it was an object lesson in how not to do it.

bruffin · 28/01/2015 11:08

Sorry ignore my link its for measles containing vaccine not just mmr.

sashh · 31/01/2015 08:17

What evidence is there to back up this statement? How much deafness was there? I would rather see figures of x number of children were diagnosed with deafness of which % were caused by mumps, lesser % caused by something else.

That shows a distinct lack of understanding of various forms of deafness. Sensory neural deafness is deafness caused by damage to nerves or cochlear, it is totally different from something like glue ear which can be treated.

As for the 'notifiable' diseases stuff.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that about preventing outbreaks? Or preventing outbreaks from becoming epidemics? Before MMR could a mumps outbreak be confined? And wasn't it the notifying that led to the booster jab being offered?

Surely you need a reason to notify a disease, not necessarily based on how severe it is.

bumbleymummy · 03/02/2015 11:31

"And mumps regularly killed children in the western world before vaccination"

No, it didn't. There are no records in the UK that you can us to back up this claim. You have linked to figures that have shown that in the US there were 'around 50' deaths a year but it does not say what age they were.

meditrina, I completely agree with you about it being a poor decision to allow the licence for the measles vaccine to lapse. Particularly when there was concern about the MMR.

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