RECOMMENDED: Doctors divided on meningitis B vaccine

[proverbialwisdom]

Last edited Sat Nov 28, 2015, 12:48 PM - Edit history (4)

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/25/meningitis-b-vaccine-schedule-doctors-bacterial/

Doctors divided on meningitis B vaccine
They see benefits, but also worry about short safety and effectiveness track record

By Paul Sisson | 10:42 a.m. Nov. 25, 2015


Dr. Mark Sawyer, an infectious disease specialist at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego who has helped set national vaccination policy, said the meningitis decision is more nuanced than it is for more routine vaccinations that have been around for decades.

“Physicians are struggling with this because we do not have a precise guideline. I was just at a conference where there were over 500 pediatricians in attendance and we talked about this issue for more than a half-hour because this is a real gray area,” Sawyer said.

Indeed, the CDC’s recommendation last month about the meningitis B vaccine pretty much lays the matter right in doctors’ laps.

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Meanwhile, Sawyer said newer vaccines on the market lack comprehensive evidence on safety and effectiveness, compared with vaccines that have been administered to tens of millions of people over decades.

Some patients, especially those with a family history of immune-system diseases, can be at higher risk of suffering serious side effects that come with all vaccines — including seizures, life-threatening allergic reactions and paralysis.

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“The best advice is for families to sit down and have a discussion about the risks and benefits,” Sawyer said. “There is simply no black-and-white answer in this case.”

Dr. Eric McDonald, medical director of the county’s Epidemiology and Immunization Services Branch, agreed.

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Link from: http://www.ageofautism.com/2015/11/dachel-media-update-doctors-divided-on-meningitis-b-vaccine.html
More: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141245200#post8 (EDITED: wrong post, my mistake, thanks uppityperson)

or direct to http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/06/acip-endorses-individual-choice-meningitis-b-vaccine

[uppityperson]

1. Why are the 2 links at the bottom to a jury hidden post and a quack site?

It seems you are trying to discredit your main article which seems odd. Would you please clarify? Thank you.

[proverbialwisdom]

2. Partly inaccurate mischaracterization, partly good catch. Always, "sunlight is the best medicine."

Have you heard of the President's Precision Medicine Initiative? Watch what happens there closely. The impact will be enormous.
LINK: https://www.whitehouse.gov/precision-medicine

http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60643999

CHARLIE ROSE: Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, discusses the Precision Medicine Initiative and the BRAIN Initiative.
Air Date 11/3/2015

MORE: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director

[EvolveOrConvolve]

3. A post using Age of Autism as a primary source can be dismissed out of hand

Based on their track record, anything that comes from AoA has a better than 50% chance of being intentionally incorrect or deceptive.

[proverbialwisdom]

4. The primary sources are San Diego Union Tribune + Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy.

Of course, these primary sources could be reposted here without acknowledging where I read them and they would stand utterly unchallenged, but that would be dishonest, IMO.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

5. It's interesting, and says a lot that of those three sources

you chose Age of Autism to post in the OP.

[proverbialwisdom]

7. Actually, here are the primary sources. Newspaper reports are secondary sources, are they not?

The meeting minutes are fascinating.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/min-archive/min-2015-06.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/min-archive/min-2014-10.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6422a3.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/ (Whats New)

[proverbialwisdom]

6. If only...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016138377

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 03:48 PM by HuckleB
A More Thorough Look At Meningococcal Vaccines, Including The New B Vaccine

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