Vaccine Panel

Question 1

Why was thimersol added to vaccines?

Answer 1

• Bacterial growth in vaccine vials caused fatalities of children
• Products in multi-dose containers shall contain a preservative (not needed in polio or yellow fever)

Question 2

What does thimersol break into?

Answer 2

Ethyl mercury & thiosalicylate

Question 3

What was the typical dose for thimersol-containing vaccines? What has ben omitted from most vaccines now?

Answer 3

25-50 ug Hg

-Thimerosal omitted from most vaccines in USA with few exceptions

Question 4

What is the VICP?

Answer 4

• Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
• All vaccines approved/registered by FDA
• Fed Govn’t assumes all responsibility from vaccine manufacturer for litigating claims, assuming dispensed as approved:
• -claims filed against secretary of HHS
• -no fault basis
• -litigated by dept. of justice
• -special masters, US court of federal claims
• -medical expert panel (special gov’t employees) - they determine if it does to the court or gets compensated
• -0.75 surcharge for each vaccine dose
• Vaccine injury table

Question 5

What is VAERS?

Answer 5

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

Question 6

What does VAERS contain?

Answer 6

• VAERS data contains coincidental events and those truly caused by vaccines.
• between 2-6 months of age, kids are at greatest risk of high fevers, seizures, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Some will be from vaccines, some are coincidence.
• Vaccine providers are encouraged to report all adverse events following vaccination, whether or not they believe the vaccination was the cause