Question about Adenovirus Types 4 and 7

[Invisible12]

My son leaves for bc in September and I've been stressing about him possibly getting sick from the immunizations they give once he arrives.  I just read an article about a new vaccine to prevent adenovirus types 4 and 7.  It was supposedly just approved in March and I just wanted to see if anyone here heard about it and whether or not it's been given to recruits yet. 

 

Here's the link:  http://home.fhpr.osd.mil/press-newsroom/fhpr-news/current_news/11-0...

[Sharpmom2012]

I just went to the CDC website and read the Vaccine Information Statement for this new vaccine. Since a VIS is already available, that would lead me to believe that the vaccine is now being administered. The risks of the actual disease usually far outweighs the risk of the vaccines. New vaccines do not get FDA approval and CDC recommendations until they have been tested for several years. Even though this vaccine just received FDA approval in the last few months does not mean it is a new vaccine. It has been in the FDA approval process for several years now. If you would like to read the information yourself, you can go to www.cdc.gov and go to their Vaccine Information section to locate the VIS for Adenovirus Vaccine.

I would talk to your son's recruiter to see if the Navy has started administering the vaccine to new recruits entering boot camp. I will not be concerned about my daughter receiving this vaccine when she gets to boot camp. I am a Registered Nurse and am very familiar with all types of vaccines. I used to administer foreign travel vaccines (yellow fever, Typhoid Fever, etc) as well as routine childhood immunizations and have dealt with many parents with concerns over immunization safety.  The CDC website is always a good resource for any kind of questions related to anything medical. I hope this information is helpful to you.

[Arwen]

Coming from family with a history of autism (over many generations, including pre-vaccine generations), I would make a huge argument against your allegations of a vaccine-autism link (it is clearly genetic, but not Mendelian). I also haven't seen any evidence of a link between the H1N1 vaccine and miscarriage - only a large number of women who are looking for someone to blame. It's hard to lose a wanted pregnancy, or have a child with disabilities. To be able to blame something other than your own genetics, or bad timing, chance, etc, is a huge comfort for many.

During the height of the scare Japan suspended vaccinations for three years - and their autism rate continued to increase anyway, so they reinstated them, with no change in autism rate. There is another cause here - increasing recognition of what has been among us forever, and the increase in autistics being accepted into society and breeding - causing more autistic children. The reason why there is a huge jump in autism in the Silicon Valley is because of the concentration of geeks - which is often a codeword for mild autistic. My mom and brother grew up being called "eccentric geeks" or similar, but when my kids came along and they were trying to find a diagnosis for their difficulties autism was looked at (and discarded) - but my mom and brother were diagnosed as autistic - along with other older relatives and cousins.

There is NO increase in autism, only an increase in diagnosis. Adult and even elderly autistics surround us. I know many older undiagnosed autistics who refuse to be diagnosed because they don't want to be labeled.

My mom remembers a time not that long ago, in the 50s, when every summer one or two kids on her block - and every other block in her city - died or were permanantly disabled because of childhood illnesses. Those deaths stopped as soon as vaccines became widespread. I for one don't want to return to those days, and with the lower vaccination rate there are signs of many of those diseases trying to return.

It makes absolutely no sense that a dead or weakened virus vaccine could cause any more severe reaction than actually getting sick and your body fighting it off. There is no logic to believing that it could. There is no reason for an extended testing period. The seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine is the same vaccine base, simply adding a different virus as needed.

The naturopath scene also has a lot of money riding on the whole vaccine thing. They stand to make as much money in "natural cures and prevention" as the drug companies do, so they push this whole anti-vaccine, anti-modern medicine thing.

The only group with no monetary gain here is the CDC. I tend to believe them when they say there's no connection.

[Arwen]

Also, there isn't much point in checking into whether the Navy is using it. Vaccines are not optional in boot camp. Recruits are not allowed to decline vaccinations unless they have a documented previous reaction to a vaccine. I also believe the military in general vaccinates for many things that are never mentioned to the public, to the soldiers/sailors, or even to the corpsmen/medics who administer them.