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2007-03-17 Home Front: WoT

Toddler Contracts Rare Smallpox Infection from Soldier Dad

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Posted by Steve White 2007-03-17 13:18|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The boy needed a ventilator to help his breathing because of the powerful pain medication he needed for the lesions

My fervent wish is that he is off the ventilator and climbing out of the pit.

Posted by Shipman 2007-03-17 14:49|| 2007-03-17 14:49|| Front Page Top

#2 mine as well, thx Dr. Steve

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-17 15:44|| 2007-03-17 15:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Where else but the 'Burg could one read that story and get the "rest of the story?" I read it elsewhere earlier and was clueless.
Thanks, Dr. Steve.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-03-17 16:18|| 2007-03-17 16:18|| Front Page Top

#4 wow Dr Steve. Thank You for sharing with us this tragic yet fascinating case.

The poor kid must be suffering like hell gauging from those images. It really hit home after looking thru the cases you provided with the link.

Heart breaking and to think of the torture the father and mother must be going through, jeeze I sure hope they have all the support they can get.

Dr. Steve is the smallpox vaccine used today any different that the vaccine us old super studs were vacinated with back in the 50s and 60s?

1) You have a pool of vacinees ie, 1.2 million service personal [not counting civilians] who have had the *new* smallpox vaccine.

2) You have one case of eczema vaccinatum.

3) Any 2 year old kid is going to have very close contact with his mom and pop.

4) Can one make the leap then that it isn't the fault of the father, or our vaccination program but that it was most probably fate that poor kid had a vulnerability, a compromised immune system which left him open to the life threatening condition?

The boy needed a ventilator to help his breathing because of the powerful pain medication he needed for the lesions.

Before I first saw the pics I was hoping against hope that at least the poor kid wasn't suffering, wishful thinking.. sounds way way bad, what medicines are they likely giving him to relieve his pain Dr. Steve?

Posted by RD 2007-03-17 17:26|| 2007-03-17 17:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm very happy to see that this child is having everything possible done for him. I'll just wryly note how I wish our returning soldiers could receive even one tenth the quality of care that this kid is getting.

Another round of applause for Dr. Steve on bringing the facts behind this incident to light.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-17 18:38|| 2007-03-17 18:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Told ya you can't trust them nurses.

Posted by Mohamar ~~QadaffiKhadaffi~~ Kadaffy">Mohamar ~~QadaffiKhadaffi~~ Kadaffy 2007-03-17 20:28|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-03-17 20:28|| Front Page Top

#7 In this case, Steve correct me if I'm wrong, close contact means actual touching of the smallpox vaccination site. Normally you're told about this.

I hope that the skin comes back, and as a youngster he has a better chance than others might. Still, smallpox is a scarring disease and I would expect its relatives to be also. Race is a factor since some races tend to form scars called keltoids and a much higher rate than others.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-03-17 20:42|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-03-17 20:42|| Front Page Top

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