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Originally posted by Troubleshooter
I think that this is the most import, present, issue at hand.
A protracted regimen may stress the system less.
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It would also make it easier to track down dangerous vaccines and hot lots. Once a vacine is added to the schedule and given with several other vaccines at once, any problems it may cause could be harder to identify as having been caused by it. Unless, as in the case with Rotashield, the problems it causes (intussception) are evident during the trials but it's approved anyway. It's interesting that Dr. Paul Offitt, who is chief of infectious diseases at CHOP, is the patent holder for Rotashield which he developed on Merk's dime. Dr. Offitt is also on the FDA advisory commitee that approved the Rotashield vaccine (he voted in favor of it
However he abstained from the vote on whether to pull the vaccine after a few infants died from it, citing a conflict of interest. ).
I remember someone here admonishing me about taking advice from doctors who are trying to sell me something. Gave me a little giggle...