Vaccines App Ideas:
· Ingredient Myths
o Things that are in vaccines à The dose makes the poison
§ Antigen: mimics the natural infection to stimulate an immune response without feeling the symptoms. Found everywhere, and babies come into contact with millions of antigens every day. Found in the body.
· Killed Viruses
o Serve same purpose as contacting a real, live virus without the risk
o Produce same reaction without symptoms
o Polio and flu
· Partial Bacteria
o Bacteria are found everywhere, on the body, in soil, every surface
o Bits and pieces necessary to provoke the response but unable to cause disease
o Hib, DTaP
· Partial Viruses
o Same as bacteria, only the parts necessary to stimulate the immune system
o HBV, Gardasil
· Weakened Live Viruses
o Cannot do harm to the body
o Strong enough to stimulate reaction
o MMR, chicken pox
§ Fluids
· Sterilized Water
§ Preservatives/Stabilizers: Prevent vaccines from becoming spoiled and making people sick, help vaccine last longer, make vaccines affordable, harmless substances
· Amino Acids
o Stabilizer
o Found in the body to make proteins à important role in nutrition
· Formaldehyde/Formalin
o Formalin = formaldehyde dissolved in water
o Prevents growth of bad bacteria, inactivates toxins, keeps vaccine working effectively
o Harmless in small quantities, like in the vaccine
o Produced/excreted by the body
o Apricots, pears, potatoes, shrimp, coffee, bananas
o 16.3mg vs 1.2 for all vaccines combined
· Gelatin
o Jello, jam, marshmallows, yogurt, cosmetics, photography, medication production
· MSG
o Preserve efficacy over a long period of time
o Flavor enhancer in foods
o Found in larger quantities in grape juice, peas, breast milk
o Flu, MMR, chicken pox
· Phenoxyethanol
o Found in perfume, sunscreen, cosmetics
o Pediatrix, DTaP, HBV, polio
· Sorbitol
o Sugar-free gum, diet drinks, mouthwash, cosmetics
o 1.25 grams
o Preservative in MMR
· Sucrose
o Sugar
o Sweetener in desserts, fruits
o Protects vaccine from light or heat
o Hib, MMR, chicken pox
§ Adjuvants: Increase efficacy of vaccine, allow less antigen to make vaccine effective, provoke stronger immune response, reduces side effect risk from antigen
· Aluminum
o Found in antacids, infant formula
o 0.625mg vs. 0225mg/liter
o No neurological differences w/ and w/o aluminum
· Glutaraldehyde
o Toxin detoxifier
o Found in fertilizer, disinfectant
o 1 billionth of a gram
· HCl
o Found in the stomach
o Added in miniscule amounts to reach the right pH
o Could have severe reaction without it
· Antibiotics (Neomycin, polymyxin B)
o Prevent unwanted bacteria from growing and causing harm
o Found in quantities 20 to 40 times less than daily dose
o Neomycin: MMR, polio, chicken pox
o Polymyxin B: 1 tenth of a nanogram in pediatrix, chicken pox, flu, polio
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· Phosphate Buffer
o Keep the vaccine at the right acidity level
o Reduce risk of unwanted reaction to the vaccines
o Example is potassium à organ function and several foods, laxatives
o DTap, flu, chicken pox
· Polysorbate 80
o Made from sugar and a form of fatty acid à safe for consumption
o Foods and medications
o Keeps all the ingredients together and in solution
o Pickles, condiments, shortening, whipped cream, vitamins, soap, ice cream
o DTaP, Pediatrix, Gardasil, flu vaccines
· NaCl
o Table salt
o Necessary for organs to work properly
o Keeps vaccines from harming the body’s cells
§ Growing Medium: Not an actual component of vaccine, may be present in vaccine because it is difficult to remove all of it
· Albumin
o Found in humans, chickens, cows à from eggs
o MMR, chicken pox, flu
o A few micrograms
· Yeast Protein
o Very small quantities after it has been removed
o Pediatrix, HBV, Hib
o Amounts
§ All active ingredients combined total about ½ of a drop
§ Most things measured in micrograms or milligrams (can’t be seen or about a grain of sand)
o Things that are NOT in vaccines:
§ Antifreeze
· Phenoxyethanol contains propylene glycol
· Antifreeze is ethylene glycol
· Propylene glycol is safe, and in foods:
o Soda, cookies, ice cream, salad dressing
· Aborted fetal tissue not used in any vaccines
· MMR cultured in human fetal cells
· Also used in many research studies
· Catholic church states that it is okay to receive these vaccines
o Statement from Vatican from 2005
§ Thimerosal
· Thimerosal was removed from all vaccines by 2002
· Was believed to be the cause of autism from vaccines
· Methyl mercury dangerous in high quantities, but found in low quantities in fish
· Ethyl mercury not dangerous at all, the form made by breakdown of thimerosal
· Expected drop in autism did not happen when thimerosal was removed
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