Posts by ma2two

Quote: Originally Posted by MichelleZB  A couple of reasons for the chicken pox vaccine. One is that those who have had chicken pox have that herpes zoster virus for life, and it can come back and give you shingles....

They have to follow the law. So they need a religious exemption in their files. It's up to them whether they want to make this a hassle for you or super easy for you. If they are laid back about it, your previous email won't matter at...

Quote: Originally Posted by ericaf  I don't really understand also why babies get chicken pox and flu vaccines?   The chickenpox vaccine was put onto the schedule based on a cost analysis. Merck lobbyists...

Quote: Originally Posted by ericaf  Also, what you you guys think of the whole whooping cough craze? I understand it's "coming back" maybe a bit... but also that it is more diagnosed in babies/people who HAD the vaccine....

Quote: Originally Posted by MichelleZB  As for vaccines for you: yes! I did get an MMR booster in the hospital after giving birth. My rubella immunity had worn off (as it tends to do after 10 years or so). They don't...

Luckily, it looks like she is actually in New Jersey, not New York. It is extremely difficult to refuse the eye antibiotics and the vitamin K for a hospital birth in New York. The hepatitis B vaccine is optional in all states, though....

Yes, you should change that. I didn't have hospital births, so I don't know exactly how that works, but if it were me, I would ask to see my chart and actually remove those papers without telling them beforehand what I was going to do....

Antibiotic eye drops are to prevent an eye infection in your baby if you have gonorrhea. Totally unnecessary if you don't have gonorrhea. You can be tested  for this STD if they haven't tested you already. Any unnecessary...

Quote: Originally Posted by HRJ  If the school receives any gov't funds, they have to honor the state exemptions. Most private schools receive gov't funds through the school lunch program. I've never read an exemption...

The incubation period would be the same as exposure to chickenpox, which is 9 to 21 days, average 14 days.   They would have to come into contact with the shingles blister fluid to have a possibility of getting chickenpox.