Elderly Vaccines....

[moostraks]

Well seems like the growing ranks of elderly can add a new vaccine to their list of necessary treatments according to the cdc :

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/2008/05/16/its-official-get-your-shingles-vaccination.html

Yes this is a fetal cell derived vaccine:

http://www.cogforlife.org/fetalvaccines.htm

So big pharmaceuticals are now targeting the elderly with all the zest they have been using to flame the fears of parents. Look- its chicken pox again. Weigh your options, and let conscience be your guide. BTW this shot has a 50/50 rate of efficacy...

[amy31416]

I'm recommending it to my mother, I've seen cases of people with shingles and it's horrible.

50/50 efficacy is far better than zero.

[yongrel]

Shingles destroyed my grandfather in his last months.

[moostraks]

Shingles destroyed my grandfather in his last months.

Sorry to hear that, like I said let your conscience guide you. Wonder if it is our aging society making this seem so prevalent or that we just happen to live longer? I don't know/haven't been exposed to anyone who suffered from this and would abstain on my personnal moral grounds but I have a ways till I reach this age. Just hope they don't start a pattern of mandating shots for the elderly now.