Many of the vaccines infants are expected to receive also have no third party benefits. The hepatitis b vaccine? Why would my children need to have it if their entire family is negative and they aren’t engaging in risky behavior. They aren’t a threat to no one. It’s not evidence based to mandate a vaccine for a person that has no benefit…
Many of the vaccines infants are expected to receive also have no third party benefits. The hepatitis b vaccine? Why would my children need to have it if their entire family is negative and they aren’t engaging in risky behavior. They aren’t a threat to no one. It’s not evidence based to mandate a vaccine for a person that has no benefit or utility for that person. “What ifs” aren’t evidence based.
Hep B at birth is a bizarre thing that is really difficult to defend. I will say, though, that if you do the work while you're pregnant, you can avoid this travesty (or have a really good lawsuit if they do it against your explicitly expressed wishes). By the time my child was born, I had already spent more than an hour with her future pediatrician, and had discussed in detail all potential birth interventions and procedures with my OB/GYN.
Many of the vaccines infants are expected to receive also have no third party benefits. The hepatitis b vaccine? Why would my children need to have it if their entire family is negative and they aren’t engaging in risky behavior. They aren’t a threat to no one. It’s not evidence based to mandate a vaccine for a person that has no benefit or utility for that person. “What ifs” aren’t evidence based.
Hep B at birth is a bizarre thing that is really difficult to defend. I will say, though, that if you do the work while you're pregnant, you can avoid this travesty (or have a really good lawsuit if they do it against your explicitly expressed wishes). By the time my child was born, I had already spent more than an hour with her future pediatrician, and had discussed in detail all potential birth interventions and procedures with my OB/GYN.