Potential Smallpox Vaccine Harm To Blood Supply ?

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[Suck My AR-16]

 

Feds Issue Guidelines

Potential Smallpox Vaccine Harm To Blood Supply ?

* Deferral of Donors - Donor Suitability

* Quarantine and Retrieval of Blood and Blood Products

* Contacts with Smallpox Vaccine Recipients

FULL FDA FINAL GUIDANCE
 http://www.fda.gov/cber/gdlns/smpoxdefquar.htm

Immediate Implementation

 

[Suck My AR-16]

IF ? they give the shots, there goes the blood supply for a while

[taxed2death]

People REALLY need to read about the illnesses or conditions one would have that would preclude them from getting the shot. In some cases, the shot can easily kill you.

It's curious that the government is not supplying any info on who should NOT get the shot.

[KarlInOhio]

Here is the pertinent information without the colors and flashing:

B.Deferral of Recipients of Smallpox Vaccine

The following recommendations apply to donors who recently have received smallpox vaccine, as identified by donor questioning. [As noted on the first page of this guidance, in the event of widespread emergency vaccination, the deferral recommendations for vaccinated individuals may need to be modified according to the circumstances and available scientific information.]

1.Donors without vaccine complications (as defined in Appendix):

Donors without vaccine complications should be deferred until after the vaccination scab has separated spontaneously, or for 21 days post-vaccination, whichever is the later date. Donor room staff should visually verify absence of the vaccination scab and ask if it separated spontaneously. In cases where a scab was removed prior to separating spontaneously, we recommend that you defer the donor for two months after vaccination.

2.Donors with vaccine complications (as defined in Appendix): We recommend that you defer donors who have experienced complications of vaccination until 14 days after all vaccine complications have completely resolved.

So if you have a typical smallpox vaccination, you can't give blood for 21 days. This might be changed if there is an emergency and everyone is being vaccinated at once.

If you're worried about the effects of this on the blood supply, then give blood soon before your vaccination. You couldn't give it again for about 2 months they anyway.