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1
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How much money has been awarded from ADR of vaccines

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> 2billion (National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 1986)

2
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High fever, skin reactions, shock, behavioral changes

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Sings of a more serious Vaccine Reaction

3
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Guillain-Barre, SIDS, encephalitis, death

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MOST SERIOUS adverse vaccine events

4
Q

Vaccines that contain Aluminum

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Polio, DTaP, HPV, Hep A & B, Hib, PCV

5
Q

How many doses of How many vaccines are recommended by age 6

A

49 doses of 14 vaccines

6
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This injectable vaccine is packaged into multi-dose vials containing thimerosal

A

Influenza

7
Q

This is a trivalent vaccine

A

Influenza (only protects against 3 strains)

8
Q

This vaccine has some association with asthma and possible SIDS

A

DTaP/TDaP

9
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This vaccine is not given until 2 months of age to produce “herd immunity”

A

DTaP/TDaP

10
Q

IPV

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inactivated polio vaccine

11
Q

OPV

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oral polio vaccine

12
Q

Since 2000, which form of the Polio vaccine is the only one given

A

IPV

13
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This vaccine has been hypothesized as the spread of SIV into humans, creating HIV

A

Polio vaccine

14
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Which form of the polio vaccine was thought to have been the cause of the SIV -> HIV hypothesis

A

OPV (oral)

15
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What is referred to as the event where the 1955 IPV campaign left 70,000 school children seriously ill

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“Cutter Incident”

16
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What is the name of the PCV known to protect against 13 of 90 know strains

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Prevnar 13

17
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This vaccine MAY contribute to ~28,000 cases of diabetes/yr

A

PCV (and may not show signs of diabetes until ages 3-10 yrs old)

18
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How much more likely, are Hib-Vaccinated children, to contract Hib disease w/in the first week

A

2-6x more likely

19
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Up to 87% of pediatricians and practitioners do not believe this vaccine is needed for newborns

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Hep B

20
Q

This bacterial infection primarily causes meningitis in kids

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Haemophilus Influenzae b

21
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This vaccine may contribute to ~2,300 cases of diabetes/yr

A

Hib Vaccine

22
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This virus mainly occurs in underdeveloped countries and 90% of the deaths occur in Africa and Asia

A

Rotavirus

23
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Most serious associations with MMR vaccine

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Diabetes and Autism (NO evidence of CAUSATION)

24
Q

Spontaneous abortion occurs in up to what % of CRS cases

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20%

25
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The Amish Anomaly

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Statistically should have been 130 cases of autism w/in the population. Do not vaccinate children. Only found 2 cases, 1 due to an adoption and prior vaccination, and other via nurse visiting community.

26
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This vaccine aims to protect against the most common STD

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Gardasil (for HPV)

27
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Risks of Gardasil

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blood clots, GBS