Vaccination & epidemic

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by jinx

It should also be noted that Paul Offit (author of article) holds the patent on 2 vaccines; one currently on the schedule, and one that was taken off due to babies dying from intusception.

That is quite interesting. Thanks for that bit.

Just FYI:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Offit

and about the withdrawn vaccine, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotavirus_vaccine:

Clinical trials in the United States, Finland, and Venezuela had found it to be 80 to 100% effective at preventing severe diarrhea caused by rotavirus A, and researchers had detected no statistically significant serious adverse effects. The manufacturer of the vaccine, however, withdrew it from the market in 1999, after it was discovered that the vaccine may have contributed to an increased risk for intussusception, or bowel obstruction, in one of every 12,000 vaccinated infants.

I don't normally cite Wikipedia but, in this case, it seemed the source least likely to reflect bias.