In addition to getting FDA approval, RotaTeq, the new rotavirus vaccine has been recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices or ACIP, which formulates the yearly childhood immunization schedule. That means you should be even closer to actually seeing this vaccine in your Pediatrician's offices.
Poll:Now that RotaTeq, the Rotavirus vaccine, has been approved, will you...
Poll:Now that RotaTeq, the Rotavirus vaccine, has been approved, will you...
- rush to give it to your kids because rotavirus is so terrible a disease
- not give it because a little diarrhea isn't bad enough to need a vaccine against
- wait until it has been around a few years
- wait until it has been around a few months
- wait until I am sure my insurance company will pay for it
- not give it because I don't vaccinate my kids at all
- not give it because I felt a little let down by the last rotavirus vaccine
- learn more about it before I decide what to do
- I'm not sure
- none of the above
MY GRANDAUGHTER RED’D THE VACCINE AND TWO DAYS LATER TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. MY DAUGHTER NOW WISHES SHE HAD NEVER ALLOWED IT TO BE GIVEN.