More kids fainting after shots, CDC reports, Sadly they think that's just fine!

May 3, 2008

Only the CDC would have the nerve to say that fainting after a vaccine

is " not in itself dangerous " Do these morons think we are that stupid?

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More kids fainting after shots, CDC reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unprecedented number of U.S. youngsters are

fainting after getting shots, especially teenage girls, and doctors

need to keep an eye on them, federal health experts cautioned on Thursday.

At least 463 people fainted after getting vaccinated during an

18-month period from 2005 to 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention reported.

Such fainting is not uncommon and not in itself dangerous -- but some

of the patients hit their heads on the floor and at least one had a

car accident, the CDC said in its weekly report on death and disease.

One 15-year-old boy died after hitting his head.

More cases may have been reported lately because of new vaccines --

notably against meningitis and the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical

cancer -- now recommended for adolescents and older children.

Very young children and babies get a battery of vaccinations in the

United States, but vaccinations of older children and teens were not

as routine until recent years.

" A girl aged 13 years fainted within 10 minutes of receiving HPV and

MCV4 (meningitis) vaccinations, " the CDC report reads.

" She fell backward and hit her head on the carpeted floor of the

clinic. " She fractured her skull and had bleeding on the brain but

recovered.

" Providers should strongly consider observing patients for 15 minutes

after they are vaccinated, " the CDC recommended.

(Reporting by Maggie Fox; Editing by Will Dunham and Walsh)

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