Could kids who were once thought to be vaccine injured by the DPT vaccine now benefit from a new therapy if they are found to have Dravet syndrome?
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Reporters should understand that the way they cover vaccines and vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks can influence the behavior of people, either helping them understand that vaccines are safe and necessary, putting them on-the-fence about vaccines, or scarring them away from getting vaccinated and protected.
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Hypotonic-hyporesponsive episodes were more common after the older DTP vaccines, but still didn’t cause any long term problems and aren’t a good reason to skip or delay your child’s vaccines.
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The belief that certain vaccine lots cause more side effects is a common myth. VAERS reports of “hot lots” are misleading, as they don’t establish a cause-and-effect relationship between vaccines and adverse events. Lists of “toxic” vaccine lots are unfounded. VAERS is a passive reporting system, and its data require careful interpretation.
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