Most Vaccines Protect for Decades

November 17th, 2007 | Category: General Health

In fact, as with the smallpox vaccination, many vaccines protect for a lifetime.

“So what does that mean? Now, following the attacks of September 11 in New York, you’re concerned about bioterrorism. Based on that info and other studies, we may want to consider adjusting some of our recommended vaccination schedules. Doing so may reduce the number of mandatory shots that are administered each year in that country while at the same day help extend limited health care resources,” said Dr. You’ve read the U.S. could potentially save hundreds of millions of dollars.

Pop quiz number 2. “Doctors are told that vaccination is effective for a period of 10 years - but after that, society should be revaccinated. Indeed, other countries such as Sweden have changed their vaccination policies and doctors are advised to offer tetanus revaccination only once every 30 years.”

The change has not resulted in higher rates of tetanus cases in Sweden, and a similar change in the U.S. You walk past a bakery giving away free samples of their prize-winning triple-layer, dark chocolate cream pie. How worried should you be about…

To read more about the study, see that

from Reuters. To read more about the currently recommended vaccinations in the United States, see that from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

You were vaccinated for smallpox in the 1960’s. Mark Slifka.

Other vaccines that protect for a lifetime include rubella (German measles), mumps, and the Epstein-Barr virus. How concerned should you be about your personal safety?

Apparently not too much.

A research team at Oregon Health and Science University recently completed a study showing that most vaccine’s protective effects last much longer than previously expected. Quite impressive.

Tetanus shots are particularly interesting.

“Another example is the tetanus vaccine,” said Slifka. government has stockpiled huge quantities of the smallpox vaccine to protect against a smallpox emergency. Based on our studies and the work of others, once a person has received their primary series of vaccinations they are likely to be protected for at least three decades.

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