Reply #50: May I suggest you take your tinfoil hat off. [View All]

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Currently none of the vaccines used in pediatrics have thimerosal (mercury) in them and have not for several years (Drugs Facts and Comparisons, April 2005). The two vaccines that can by used in the pediatric setting that contain thimerosal are Pneumococcal vaccine (of the two "brands" only one contains thimerosal) and Meningococcal vaccine which is typically not used in children unless there has been some type of exposure, but typically they will receive rifampin which is an antibiotic and does not contain mecury if there is a know exposure to Neisseria meningococcus.

Please get your facts staight before you engage in active debate. It would appear that you and Mr. Kennedy don't know what you are talking about when it comes to vaccines.

On edit: the vaccines that use attenuated viruses obviously don’t contain thimerosal because it would render the vaccine non-immunogenic (for non-medical people the vaccine would not work).