Infanrix-Hexa

GlaxoSmithKline: B.C. is proud to introduce Infanrix-Hexa, new infant vaccine that means three fewer vaccines. This PDF release was issued February 25, 2009. I sat, read it, and totally amazed that they are missing the point completely, and totally ignoring what many parents are saying: to take a better look at the vaccine schedule and to administer one vaccine at a time, not combinations.

There are thousands of parents who claim once the MMR vaccine was given, their children regressed – where once they babbled their first words…now silent; where once they played and laughed along with the parents and other siblings…now in their own little corner.

“Infants in B.C. typically receive both an injection that immunizes them against hepatitis B, and an injection that immunizes them against five other diseases, at their two, four and six-month check-ups. Infanrix-hexa™ replaces these two needles with a single injection that immunizes against all six diseases: hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). The vaccination schedule for all other visits will remain the same.”

The reason we are befuddled, yet once again, is that no one out there is listening or paying any attention to what the parents of Hannah Poling and Bailey Banks have stated, nor to any other advocate who dare to come out and openly place themselves in negativity from the ‘nay’ sayers by declaring the possibility of multi-vaccines as perhaps one of the culprits in autism.

Is it the cost of making single doses more important than to safeguard our children from the possibility that these multi-dose vaccines might injure a child? We are PRO vaccines but with an area of caution where the health of our children are concerned.

Here’s the link to read the release about Infanrix-Hexa:

http://www.gsk.ca/english/docs-pdf/Press%20Release-Infanrix-Hexa_02252009.pdf