[Kozak]

Schools across the country innoculate children against Hep C, a disease found exclusively in high risk groups: gays; iv drug users; etc.

Please get at least the basic facts right. The hepatitis vaccine is against hepatitis B, not C. And while it's not easy to get it not every one who gets it falls into a high risk group, and it's frequently fatal.

[ventana]

Pardon, me you are quite right it is against Hep B. But Kozak, really, it is state mandated meaning your kid can't go to school unless they are innoculated. In Buffalo,NY in the last year, or two, a state agency came and took away kids because they were not innoculated! Believe it or not. Parents have to jump hurdles to avoid the Hep B vax; I know, I checked into it. One must write the city and the school board, and even then may not be granted a waiver. Now if that isn't built in biz for the pharmaceuticals, what is? Moreover, there is such a minor fraction of a percent of the total population of children who contract Hep b, that this requirement is ludicrous. As I said, and if you are a medical professional, you know well, in order to get it, you must have engaged in high risk sex with a homosexual, a prostitute, or an IV drug user. Five year olds and under do not engage thus. They would be more likely to contract Lyme disease, particularly here in NY state, then Hep B, but there is no requirement for that vax--another flawed vax rushed too soon to market. BTW, France has outlawed the Hep B vax and Italy, I believe, has severely restricted it, in the innoculation of children, as averse results have been demonstrated in trials, particularly a relation to diabetes. FWIW. V's wife.