India halts vaccine program after the deaths of 4 children

[karika]

http://vactruth.com/2010/08/26/india...-after-deaths/

"If vaccines continue to injure and kill the children of India, India may decide to become the first country to ban vaccinations altogether, after all who could blame them?"

The children that died were reported to be under the age of nine months, even though
"The Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunization who advise the government said that the vaccine should instead be given to children in their second year of life after the completion of the immunisation against diphtheria, tetanus whooping cough and polio!"

People are taking notice of vaccine reactions and attributing deaths to a vaccine reaction, though it is on a different continent again,( I posted a link about Finland halting H1N1 vaccine too).

[ema-adama]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...#ixzz0xUA2lkdt

All the children were below two years of age, the youngest being six months old.

[Pirogi]

I guess it's harder to buy the government when you don't make your products there.

[nia82]

I really wonder what type of experiment they are pulling there, again. Measles isn't administered to infants under 12 months, and only approved for 9 months and older in case of "outbreaks". A 6 months old infant received the live measles shot??? That would never happen here, it's not even approved. And once again, Indian children are lab rats... It's not only crazy, but also another disappointment in humankind to do such things. I'm also sure they told the parents it's safe and done in the 1st world. Or something along the lines. I would be astonished if India really banned vaccines, I doubt it though. But they must know how giving OPV yearly doesn't even put an end to their polio cases... Some provinces administer it yearly to their children and they still catch it, so maybe people are noticing that something isn't right...

[ema-adama]

The WHO, India and HiB vaccination, another contentious vaccine issue in India.

[harli]

Originally Posted by nia82

I really wonder what type of experiment they are pulling there, again. Measles isn't administered to infants under 12 months, and only approved for 9 months and older in case of "outbreaks". A 6 months old infant received the live measles shot??? That would never happen here, it's not even approved. And once again, Indian children are lab rats... It's not only crazy, but also another disappointment in humankind to do such things. I'm also sure they told the parents it's safe and done in the 1st world. Or something along the lines. I would be astonished if India really banned vaccines, I doubt it though. But they must know how giving OPV yearly doesn't even put an end to their polio cases... Some provinces administer it yearly to their children and they still catch it, so maybe people are noticing that something isn't right...

I was reading another article that stated the children's ages were all 10 months

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/4+chil...s-a01611506197

Since there is a discrepancy I wonder which story is true. The MMR vax is supposed to be given over here at 12 months of age. That is only a 2 month age difference between the age our kids are given the vax and the age they were given it. I know kids develop fast but I can't imagine that there is that much going on developmentally in those 2 months that is the difference between almost immediate death and a perfectly 'normal' immunization reaction over here.

[ema-adama]

To the best of my understanding the MMR is not considered fatal to children under one year. It is considered ineffective, or less effective than when the vaccine is given 12 - 15 months. I seem to recall 15 months is better than 12 months with regards to the immunity triggered by the vaccine.