COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will require students entering kindergarten and seventh grade to get more shots starting in the new school year.
Officials say the changes adopted by state health officials in December and first announced on Friday are the first since 2006 and reflect federal immunization guidelines.
A second dose of chickenpox vaccine will be required for youngsters entering kindergarten. They also must have received a final dose of polio vaccine on or after their 4th birthday.
Seventh graders must show they've had either a combined tetanus/diptheria booster or one that also protects against whooping cough.
The Ohio Department of Health urges parents to choose the whooping cough option, noting that the number of Ohio cases nearly doubled last year, to about 1,100.
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[Webmaster - Cancer causing SV40 monkey viruses were put in some polio vaccinations given to children from 1962 to 2000.]
Polio Vaccine Contaminated With Cancer Given To Millions Of Americans
United Press International
WASHINGTON -- Some of the polio vaccine given to millions of American children from 1962 until 2000 could have been contaminated with a monkey virus that shows up in some cancers, according to documents and testimony to be delivered to a House committee Wednesday. The vaccine manufacturer said such claims "don't have any validity," and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees.
Some batches of the first polio vaccine used from 1955 until 1962 were contaminated with the monkey virus. The virus has also been found in some cancer in humans, although it has not been determined that the virus caused the cancer. Between 10 and 30 million Americans may have received a contaminated dose of that vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The monkey virus is suspected of causing cancer in laboratory animals, including brain cancers, bone tumors and a usually fatal cancer in the membranes around the lungs called mesothelioma...
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Vaccinations: Still Amazing After All These Years
...Vaccines are so important, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has just made a pledge to donate $10 billion in the coming decade to bring vaccines to the world's poorest countries. The Gate's commitment: "We must make this the decade of vaccines," and added that "innovation will make it possible to save more children than ever before." Let's make sure we keep our own kids in the mix.
[Webmaster - But wait! This is the same eugenicist, Bill Gates, who admits that vaccines are used for HUMAN DEPOPULATION! - http://www.projectwakeupcall.com/2010/02/video-bill-gates-admits-vaccines-are.html]
