No, the main reason it was pushed is because rotavirus kills millions of children in the world every year. But thanks for self-identifying as an antivaxxer nutcase who believes BIG PHARMA and similar boogeymen are behind immunization.
[Blah-Blah-Blah, more conspiracy theory] But you trust them to tell you that new vaccines are safe, and their current vaccination schedule is safe.
No, I trust a rigorous testing regime, which, by the way even your dreaded rotavirus vaccine went through. And here are the trade offs:
Brazil and Mexico undertook their own independent epidemiological studies which demonstrated that 4 deaths were attributable to vaccine, while it had prevented approximately 80,000 hospitalization and 1300 deaths from diarrhea each year in their countries.
-- Bines J (2006). "Intussusception and rotavirus vaccines". Vaccine 24 (18): 3772–6. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.031. PMID 16099078.
As I said: Adults understand that there are trade offs. The danger of bowel obstruction, which was a side effect in 1 of every 12,000 vaccinations, is not a serious concern in the US. But even in the developing world, the likelihood of death from diarrheal disease is far greater than the likelihood of the side effect.
And by the way, that 1300 dead babies doesn't even count the number of additional deaths that occurred because 80,000 hospital beds and thousands of doctors and nurses were unavailable to treat other diseases while they tended to children with a preventable illness.
I, for one, do not believe in giving a 2 month old 6 vaccines in one sitting- which the CDC recommends.
And you, for one, have no credentials whatsoever upon which to base that decision, nor apparently have you exercised the due-diligence expected of a person making such a decision by staying informed. You've read the antivaxxer propaganda, and accept their views.
Rotavirus kills millions of children in the world, but not in the US. Rotavirus kills about 30 children a year, probably kids with preexisting conditions. Rotavirus is generally diarrhea which May ( or may not) requires IV fluids for about 12 hours, and then they go home. Rarely do you see a roto positive kid stay in the hospital for more than a day. A vaccine is great for a child who may have genetic defects, cardiac problems, but not a normal baby. It is overkill. In order for the pharm companies to make money in vaccines, they promote and try to make mandatory vaccinating for something that is relatively minor.You are also comparing diarrhea deaths in third world countries to the US. Not a good comparison at all.