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[BalletBabe]

HOUSTON, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The first Zostavax shingles vaccine lawsuit was filed today since the vaccine's maker, Merck, requested that the exponentially growing number of cases being filed against it be consolidated into one Court.  The lawsuits filed across the nation have alleged that Merck's blockbuster shingles vaccine causes viral injuries such as loss of eyesight, complete and permanent hearing loss, and the very virus it was designed to prevent, shingles.

The lawsuit, brought by a South Carolina resident, alleges that two months after he received the Zostavax vaccine, the plaintiff began experiencing loss of vision in his left eye.  He was diagnosed with retinal necrosis, or tissue decay in his retina, likely due to the VZV virus. 

The number of lawsuits regarding Zostavax has risen quickly - forcing Merck to request that the cases be consolidated into a Multi-District Litigation in front of one District Judge.  Thousands more lawsuits are expected to be filed in the coming months.

"The Multi-District Litigation is inevitable," said Adam T. Funk, Partner at the Potts Law Firm in the firm's Houston office.  Funk added, "Our firm represents a growing number of clients who have been severely damaged due to this vaccine and their lawsuits are being filed rapidly.  Zostavax ruined a great many Americans' lives when it did exactly the opposite of what it was intended to do and infected thousands with the shingles virus."

Over 36 Million Americans were injected with Zostavax since it was approved by the FDA in 2006.  Despite earning Merck as much as $685 Million a year, the vaccine's sales quickly dropped after the U.S. Center of Disease Control recommended in 2017 that adults ask for Shingrix instead of Zostavax.  Shingrix was manufactured by GlaxoSmith Kline and approved by the FDA only a few days before the CDC made its recommendation.

The lawsuit filed is Tsalichis, et al. v. Merck, Inc., 2018-cv-01806; Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania. More information can be found here.

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[BalletBabe]

It is Merck sorry!   These vaccines are dangerous.    Think twice about doing this.!

[dooBdoo]

            In all fairness, just about anyone can file a lawsuit against very nearly anyone, and a search of the internet for just about any prescription medication or even OTC medication is likely to turn up some kind of class-action suit.   The existence of a lawsuit, or even a settlement, doesn't necessarily equal to any particular truth about the product.   Even QVC products (example, WEN) can be the target.   Also, while I'm very, very unhappy with and even outraged by some of the things that have transpired with the pharmaceutical industry, I'm also aware of the lives they've saved or improved. 

            People will and should work together with their healthcare team and make good decisions for their own, particular, individual needs -- and I urge everyone while learning about the vaccines to also learn about the dangers, miserable suffering, and long-term damage and effects of being stricken with the shingles virus itself.

[house_cat]

I got my follow-up shot a week ago, after my pharmacist called me to say they had finally gotten a small supply of them.  I experienced stronger side-effects for the second shot than the first.  I had fatigue and flu-like body aches, requiring Advil for a couple of days.

[LTT1]

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[Laura14]

@dooBdoo  Thanks for the shout out!

@LTT1  Vaccines have nothing to do with DNA. 

Vaccines are either live or passive. 

All that means is they take the actual virus (no one's DNA) and either put a small dose which is not large enough to make you sick (live) or a completely inert or "dead" form of the virus (passive) and inject you with it.  

Your body recognizes the virus as a virus and makes antibodies against it therefore immunizing you for when and if you ever come into contact with it again out in the real world.  

To my understanding, Zostavax is live and Shingrix is passive or dead.  There are certain people and conditions that would make one version better or safer for you and that's your doctor's call. 

[SilleeMee]

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@LTT1 wrote:

@Sweet_Serenity@house_cat@dooBdoo@BalletBabe@NickNack

I have been trying to do internet research on vaccines.

The idea of even questioning the vaccines is new to me.

But still, think about this: the shingles vaccine has been produced using either human blood cells or Chinese Ovarian Blood cells. Do, the DNA is somewhere in this picture.

I intend to eventually get an answer to my question which is this: are humans then getting immunized against certain DNA elements?

Maybe nobody knows?

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My guess is that since this newer shingles vaccination is a killed virus then that would mean the virus components (part or all of it) would be injected. Virus components include the capsid, the actual genetic material within it and lastly the lipid envelope. Most vaccines usually involve the protein components of a virus...ie the capsid or the genes inside it. @LTT1

[LTT1]

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[SilleeMee]

@LTT1,

I accessed that same document and read about the glycoprotein E antigen there. 

I'm unsure about where the virus is propagated to make the vaccine. Is is grown using some kind of cloned animal cells?? ...or just some nonspecific mammalian cell? Maybe the glycoprotein itself is mass produced via monoclonal technique.