Since this vaccine is for protection against a sexually transmitted disease and/or sharing of drug needles, a logical question is: Does the protection from the vaccine last into adulthood?
Studies show that only 16% of individuals who were vaccinated on the CDC schedule show detectible antibodies after 18 years of age.
“When the HBV vaccines were introduced to widespread clinical use in the 1980’s it was optimistically predicted that immunity conferred by the vaccines would be for ten years. Recent research has cast severe doubts on this optimism and clinical trials have indicated that the immunity may be short‐lived and varies between individuals.”
The CDC’s recommendation was not based on scientific studies demonstrating that the recombinant Hep B vaccine administered in early childhood would confer immunity throughout adulthood. Instead, the CDC’s policy was seemingly faith-based, resting on the mere assumption that it would do so.
No science to date has backed this up.
