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The '''Hepatitis B vaccine''', which is required by most states of children in order to be admitted to public school, reportedly increases the risk of multiple sclerosis. Hepatitis B is not contagious in the school setting and is not required of school teachers.  It is required of schoolchildren as a result of lobbying by its manufacturer, which makes a profit on every additional shot given.  It is extremely lucrative for a company to pass a law that requires people to buy its product.

The '''Hepatitis B vaccine''', which is required by most states of children in order to be admitted to [[public school|public]] [[school]], reportedly increases the risk of [[multiple sclerosis]]. Hepatitis B is not contagious in the school setting and is not required of school teachers.  It is required of schoolchildren as a result of lobbying by its manufacturer, which makes a profit on every additional shot given.  It is extremely lucrative for a company to pass a law that requires people to buy its product.

==Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis==

==Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis==

<br>A prospective study<ref>http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/63/5/838</ref>

A prospective study<ref>http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/63/5/838</ref>

Miguel A. Hernán, MD, DrPH, Susan S. Jick, DSc, Michael J. Olek, DO and Hershel Jick, MD

Miguel A. Hernán, MD, DrPH, Susan S. Jick, DSc, Michael J. Olek, DO and Hershel Jick, MD

===Background===

===Background===

A potential link between the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been evaluated in several studies, but some of them have substantial methodologic limitations.

A potential link between the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been evaluated in several studies, but some of them have substantial methodologic limitations.