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Well I have heard it all now …
Mums are now being urged to put off breastfeeding for the sake of Vaccines.
I really am as confused as you will be. We are told that breast is best – we are told formula is wrong yet here we are being told not to breastfeed straight away.
The report indicates no time scale for this delay? Are they asking us to starve our babies?
Vaccination proponents have suggested that breastfeeding should be delayed in order to prevent immune factors within breast milk from inactivating vaccine-associated antibody titer elevations and vaccine potency. - GreenMedInfo Summary
BACKGROUND: Live oral rotavirus vaccines have been less immunogenic and efficacious among children in poor developing countries compared with middle income and industrialized countries for reasons that are not yet completely understood. We assessed whether the neutralizing activity of breast milk could lower the titer of vaccine virus and explain this difference in vitro.
METHODS: Breast milk samples were collected from mothers who were breast-feeding infants 4 to 29 weeks of age (ie, vaccine eligible age) in India (N = 40), Vietnam (N = 77), South Korea (N = 34), and the United States (N = 51). We examined breast milk for rotavirus-specific IgA and neutralizing activity against 3 rotavirus vaccine strains-RV1, RV5 G1, and 116E using enzyme immunoassays. The inhibitory effect of breast milk on RV1 was further examined by a plaque reduction assay.
FINDINGS: Breast milk from Indian women had the highest IgA and neutralizing titers against all 3 vaccine strains, while lower but comparable median IgA and neutralizing titers were detected in breast milk from Korean and Vietnamese women, and the lowest titers were seen in American women. Neutralizing activity was greatest against the 2 vaccine strains of human origin, RV1 and 116E. This neutralizing activity in one half of the breast milk specimens from Indian women could reduce the effective titer of RV1 by∼2 logs, of 116E by 1.5 logs, and RV5 G1 strain by ∼1 log more than that of breast milk from American women.
INTERPRETATION: The lower immunogenicity and efficacy of rotavirus vaccines in poor developing countries could be explained, in part, by higher titers of IgA and neutralizing activity inbreast milk consumed by their infants at the time of immunization that could effectively reduce the potency of the vaccine. Strategies to overcome this negative effect, such as delaying breast-feeding at the time of immunization, should be evaluated.
Will this report pursuade you to delay breastfeeding?
Do you see any truth in this report?
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So we are told not to use formula, now being told not to breastfeed straight away… do they actually know what they are doing themselves? It’s ridiculous! Lmao.
ok, so basically, in easy terms- mums immune system that goes thru the breastmilk, can have an effect of kiling off the vaccines given at immunisations- therefore meaning the imms are useless?? i think its more of a RISK if reducing the effect of imms, nt completely making them useless- otherwise breastfeeding mums would be told not to bother giving immunisations as they would be subjecting their LO to trauma of having the needles, for no result at all?? just a load more rubbish infi designed to scare mums and confuse them further!!
Totally agree with this xx
How rediculous!
What about all the things that babies aren’t immunised for? Breast milk contains loads of antibodies, not just for the limited range of diseases babies receive vaccines for. I get the science here but I’d still breastfeed.
Some people need to get out more, breastmilk is natural and contains everything a baby needs. immunisations are artifical, both can be provided, and together get the job done! simples! scince just take this crap too far!! daft!
Sometimes I really wonder what makes a person a health expert, they conflict advice all the time and I’m soooo tired of it, I’ll go with what I know works thanks and that was breastfeeding!