CAN VACCINATING OUR CHILDREN CAUSE ADULTS HARM? I obviously would not post the title if it wasn’t a concern. I have posted before about the concern over vaccination for pneumococcal pneumonia (Prevnar).
Basically, the vaccination only protects against certain strains of the bacteria and with vaccination the rates of infection with these bacteria goes down. However, as Mother Nature is wont to do, she retaliates by rising rates of more dangerous infections with the non-vaccinated strains (serotypes).
This particular study finds that this effect is not just limited to children, but that in adults we are seeing higher overall rates of infections because of the vaccine…