parents know kids don't get just one
vaccine there were several that are
given as they get older and older yes
just recently the Food and Drug
Administration approved a six in one
vaccine that means one shot and maybe
some fewer tears joining us now to talk
about the VEX Ellis vaccine is dr.
Rachel 'pretty pediatrician at Arnold
Palmer Hospital for children so first of
all tell us what is this new vaccine so
the new vaccine is basically combining
two vaccines into one so let's say when
your baby was two months old they went
to the pediatrician and they got usually
three injections and an oral vaccine so
now they're combining they're taking two
of the injections and combining them
into one shot so there really is no
difference in the vaccines or the
disease's there getting vaccinated
against it's just one less poke for the
baby okay and what are those diseases so
it's your diphtheria tetanus and
pertussis okay your hepatitis B Hamas
influenza which can cause epiglottitis
where baby's not breathing and you're
missing one there is a tetanus pertussis
I have 10 SB Buffalo's influenza Leo and
polio thank you my mind for a second
right so babies have been being
vaccinated against those diseases for
years has not changed in probably 30
plus years so it's no different it's
just basically they figured out that
there was same safety and effectiveness
and giving those vaccines in one poke
instead of two is there anything besides
just the one poke that is the pro with
it's a good thing to do them all at the
same time yeah I mean so the reason we
vaccinate babies in general at that
point in time people are like what so
they're so young and they don't you know
I hate to give my baby that that's when
they're most likely to die from those
diseases so the people who choose to
delay their vaccines till their children
are older and their kids do great well
then lucky for them but if your baby
gets pertussis or gets gets you know
Hamas influenza at a very young age
that's when they're most likely to die
so that's why we gotta have to build
their immunity very early so that they
don't so by the time they actually
encounter the disease they're ready if
you are concerned you know you have
questions of course talk to your
pediatrician
out this but how can you break up those
shots if you want to do something
different so it and this vaccine may not
be available in every pediatricians
office it's going to be up to the
individual practice to decide which way
they want to administer the vaccine so
if you want to continue to do the
separation or separate choice you just
have that conversation and see if it's
an option at your office not every
pediatrician carries every vaccine so
sometimes it to do them separately it's
not always a possibility so you have to
talk with your doctor and four kids here
may be immunocompromised is it better at
times to break it up so if they do have
a reaction to something you know what
they're reacting to not usually most the
time the studies really show that we
those are the kids we actually want
vaccinated sooner because they don't
have that natural defense they're more
susceptible to actually getting
infections usually we want them done at
the same time yeah and this vaccine you
were saying it's two shots and normally
an oral at the two minds right is this
the vaccine only for the two months or
is this going to be another vaccine
right in a couple months you actually
got the same vaccines at two months four
months and six months so that's what how
this vaccine is gonna be recommended to
be given so two to four and six
and then that should be the end of it
because at that point when they get
their boosters around 15 months and then
at four years there are single
injections of the viruses so it's three
times you're getting this vaccine okay
and so as far as safety I mean you know
I was saying earlier that just like I
feel like there's no way I personally
would be like oh six things at once
right I don't know what would you tell
parents like me who have concerns about
that being safe as far as studies and
what we know about this before it hits
the market right so that so the reason
FDA approved it is because there was no
increase in side effects from this
vaccine and just to reiterate your
babies are getting vaccinated against
seven different diseases at two months
through these injections so they're
still going to only be getting
vaccinated against seven disease it's
the same seven diseases they've been
getting for you know um ten years so
it's no different than safety and the
safety and the effectiveness is just as
good it really is just boiling down so
just doing one less one less poke for
the baby
what does no one leg rather than on both
legs right yeah and this doesn't come
out for a little while
right I think sometime in mid 2020 is
when they're expecting it to be released
so we have a little time to for parents
to think about it and talk with your
pediatrician and make sure you're making
the most educated decision right and
that's always the best concerns talk to
your pediatrician because you've
obviously picked your pediatrician
because you trust right exactly so
conversation absolutely thank you dr.
Frieden I'm gonna see you guys thanks
for having so much sure