This has never been my hobby horse to ride, nevertheless I find it very interesting that Tripedia has updated their product insert for their DTaP vaccine. From page 11:
Adverse events reported during post-approval use of Tripedia vaccine include idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, SIDS, anaphylactic reaction, cellulitis, autism, convulsion/grand mal convulsion, encephalopathy, hypotonia, neuropathy, somnolence and apnea. Events were included in this list because of the seriousness or frequency of reporting. Because these events are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequencies or to establish a causal relationship to components ofTripedia vaccine.
I state, once again, that autism has never been one of my concerns when it comes to vaccinations–I mean, look at the rest of the stuff on that list. But I find it interesting that a company is now putting autism in their product insert warning.
Call me a skeptic, but I really think the addition is from the lawyers who brought us “WARNING: Coffee is HOT.” labels.
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That sounds like you mean, “Well duh vaccinations cause serious problems.”
“Adverse events reported…” does not necessarily mean “adverse reactions caused by…”
It even says explicitly in the latter half of the warning that because it’s based on voluntary self-reported data, it’s difficult to establish any sort of prevalence estimate or causal relationship (or lack thereof).
I’ll point out that the McDonalds coffee lawsuit is significantly more reasonable than its popular one-line summary.
I think that vaccination is a very complicated issue. I think that everyone should do a lot of research and make their own decisions. I think that certain vaccinations are very good and valuable on both a personal and a social level. I have less faith in other vaccinations after extensive research.
I hope you find a path that works for you. 🙂
Understood
I asked a vaccine study RN – here’s what she had to say
Tripedia is mandated to report any “adverse events” as with any product approved through the FDA. If you read the insert it does state that an adverse event was reported.
An adverse event is any new onset of a condition that was not there before product was introduced (into the patient’s body.) This period of time is usually 6 months. So anything is reported. It does not reflect causality. It is not stating that the vaccine caused autism. If so, the vaccine would have been pulled from the market.
*** I was shocked how Google-linked this information was. ***