Someone suggested on here that he should try to get that hep B jab moved to the childhood schedule instead of giving it to newborns. That’s not a great idea either, since parents can insist at the hospital that they do not want the hep B jab, whereas there are still four states in this country that do not even have a religious exemption …
Someone suggested on here that he should try to get that hep B jab moved to the childhood schedule instead of giving it to newborns. That’s not a great idea either, since parents can insist at the hospital that they do not want the hep B jab, whereas there are still four states in this country that do not even have a religious exemption for schools. I agree that giving a jab later on a child’s immune system might be a little stronger is usually safer, although you must consider how many other vaccines they would’ve had at that point as well. That hep B vaccine should be scrapped entirely, or at least reserved for people in a high risk groups that want it.
Someone suggested on here that he should try to get that hep B jab moved to the childhood schedule instead of giving it to newborns. That’s not a great idea either, since parents can insist at the hospital that they do not want the hep B jab, whereas there are still four states in this country that do not even have a religious exemption for schools. I agree that giving a jab later on a child’s immune system might be a little stronger is usually safer, although you must consider how many other vaccines they would’ve had at that point as well. That hep B vaccine should be scrapped entirely, or at least reserved for people in a high risk groups that want it.