18 assertions about vaccines: #1, Vaccine Safety Testing

The following are NOT opinions, but actual verifiable facts. Research any of it if you have doubts or just want to expand your knowledge.

1) Combined doses of Vaccines have NEVER been tested for safety. The vaccines given to babies have never been tested on babies, or even children.

Point # 1 is actually 3 nested claims

1. Combined doses of vaccines have never been tested for safety on any human beings
2. Vaccines, combined or not, have never been tested for safety in use by children at all
3. Vaccines, combined or not, have never been tested for safety in use by  babies at all

These three claims are common tropes presented by those who fear and refuse vaccines. They are almost laughably easy to disprove. Why do they persist? I don't know. I did this as quickly as I could -- gathering up the studies took about 30 minutes, including quickly scanning the abstracts, working from PubMed.

1. Safety testing of combined vaccines on any human being: just two of many studies:  ONE: Safety monitoring of a new pentavalent vaccine in the expanded programme on immunisation in Ghana. and TWO all pre-licensure studies of vaccines, including combined vaccines
2. Safety testing of vaccines in children: just two of many studies: ONE: Risk of hospitalization because of aseptic meningitis after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in one- to two-year-old children: an analysis of the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) project. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1997; 16:500-3. and TWO Safety and immunogenicity of a pentavalent vaccine compared with separate administration of licensed equivalent vaccines in US infants and toddlers and persistence of antibodies before a preschool booster dose: a randomized, clinical trial. Pediatrics. 2009 Jan;123(1):301-12. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-3317.
3. Safety testing of vaccines in infants: just two of many studies: ONE: Czajka H, Lauterbach R, Pawlik D. Vaccination of preterm infants by polyvalent vaccines: immunogenicity and safety- review of literature, Dev Period Med. 2014 Jul-Sep;18(3):360-6. TWO Comparative investigation of the safety of hexavalent vaccines for primary scheduled infant immunizations in Germany over a time period of 2 years.Med Sci Monit. 2004 Sep;10(9):PI96-8. Epub 2004 Aug 20.

The author makes other claims about vaccine safety testing later in this list.  See

VERDICT: THE AUTHOR'S OPINION. 

Here is the list of claims, with links to the discussion of each claim:

• Bonus: Claim that "I'm doing the research that your pediatrician NEVER had to do."
• #1 Combined doses of Vaccines have NEVER been tested for safety. 
• #2 Vaccine manufacturers have been granted legal immunity from being sued when their products inflict damage. 
• #3 DNA from aborted fetuses is in vaccines.  
• #4 the CDC has been caught destroying and hiding evidence  
• #5 outbreaks occur in populations that are up to 90-99% vaccinated -- herd immunity a myth 
• #6 More people die from the MMR vaccine itself than die of the measles. 
• #7 Peanut allergies were almost unheard of prior to the use of peanut oil in vaccines. 
• #8 Multiple independent studies have shown vaccinated children are more likely to have asthma. 
• #9 Information on vaccines is hidden from parents.
• #10 Vaccine package inserts prove the dangers of vaccines.
• #11 Doctors are bribed to vaccinate
• #12 Vaccine manufacturers and the CDC are only self-regulated
• #13 Doctors are ill-informed about vaccines 
• #14 Vaccines cause SIDS&
• #15 Diseases have been renamed after the introduction of a vaccine. 
• #16 The anti-vaccine movement isn't new  
• #17 All live virus vaccines shed and cause diseases  
• #18 Combining acetaminophen and vaccines is dangerous. 
• Bonus: MTHFR gene variants and vaccination