[AFWife]

<p>Yep <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/26/fda-approves-expanded-meningitis-vaccine-infants/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/26/fda-approves-expanded-meningitis-vaccine-infants/</a></p>
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<p>Ugh...just...ugh</p>

 

[Marnica]

<p>not surprising - there will me more Im sure</p>

 

[SilverMoon010]

<p>I hear something like 150 in production right now.  It's really getting old.</p>

 

[Marnica]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>SilverMoon010</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1310306/menactra-for-infants#post_16412567"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>I hear something like 150 in production right now.  It's really getting old.</p>
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<br><br><p> here are an example of a few</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ifpma.org/index.php?id=2842" target="_blank">http://www.ifpma.org/index.php?id=2842</a></p>

 

[AFWife]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Marnica</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1310306/menactra-for-infants#post_16412670"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><br><br><p> here are an example of a few</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ifpma.org/index.php?id=2842" target="_blank">http://www.ifpma.org/index.php?id=2842</a></p>
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<p>Plague? Really? Is that a problem???<br>
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[KempsMama]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>AFWife</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1310306/menactra-for-infants#post_16412695"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p> </p>
<p>Plague? Really? Is that a problem???<br>
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<p>Right??  Sigh.  Does anyone else feel that the vaccine industry just sits around thinking up ways to inject us with crap?<br>
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[Marnica]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>KempsMama</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1310306/menactra-for-infants#post_16412918"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p>Right??  Sigh.  Does anyone else feel that the vaccine industry just sits around thinking up ways to inject us with crap?<br>
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<br><br><p> The primary goal of all pharmaceutical companies, including those that manufacture vaccines is to make money for their shareholders. They value profits over the health/lives of patience. So yes that is exactly what I think</p>

 

[SilverMoon010]

<p>The industry is so corrupt in my mind.   I just can't see it any other way.</p>

 

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Marnica</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1310306/menactra-for-infants#post_16412670"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><br><br><p> here are an example of a few</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ifpma.org/index.php?id=2842" target="_blank">http://www.ifpma.org/index.php?id=2842</a></p>
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<p>For the life of me I don't get how "they" think they can create a vaccine for staph. Hasn't MRSA proven that staph is an ever evolving/mutating bacteria? Am I wrong?</p>
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[loveneverfails]

<p>Oh awesome!  Thanks for letting me know.  I'm so excited to see that this was approved, and now I can get my 12 month old vaxxed!  </p>

 

[mamakay]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>mamakah</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1310306/menactra-for-infants#post_16416472"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p>For the life of me I don't get how "they" think they can create a vaccine for staph. Hasn't MRSA proven that staph is an ever evolving/mutating bacteria? Am I wrong?</p>
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The fact that the bacteria evolve to evade the vaccines is a bonus for the manufacturer. Since they already have the technology to add in new antigens and serotypes (for an additional fee, of course), the fact that the pathogens change is just an additional market opportunity.</p>
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<p>Expensive new vaccines that beget the need for even more expensive, newer vaccines are like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.</p>
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