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birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine  

post #1 of 7
9/2/08 at 12:17pm
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does this save lives?

http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/...s-hepatitis-b/

new article up on insidevaccines
post #2 of 7
9/2/08 at 1:19pm
The main topic on this article is how the individual risk factors of the baby need to be taken into account when deciding on Hep B. (This is true for most vaccines)

Is the baby exposed to hep b? For example Is the baby on an environment where she can be exposed to sexual activities or shared needles?

When I interviewed my doctor on the topic, he asked me to reflect on the posibility of my child getting injured at the beach by an infected needle.

Whether it saves lives or not, it is difficult to tell. As the author indicate, how do they now how many babies were in danger to start with.

Hope that helps
post #3 of 7
9/2/08 at 6:04pm
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your doctor's response falls into the "far-fetched scaremongering scenario" school of medicine. This seems to be very common around the hepatitis B vaccine, because they don't have good statistics for the number of cases among infants and small children in the U.S.

Needles on the beach were not among the risk factors mentioned in any of the scientific articles reviewed while composing the article linked above.

Another good one I've heard is that the bug can linger on surfaces like kitchen counters...

And then there is the blood transfusion fear...
post #4 of 7
9/2/08 at 10:24pm
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Wanted to add the links for part I and part II of the series.

http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/?p=143

http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/...stics-part-ii/
post #5 of 7
9/4/08 at 11:31am
I was trying to stay neutral, but yes, after the beach horror story I realized he didn't have any good arguments for that vaccine

(same doctor also told me I was very lucky to have survived meassles.)
Needles to say, no hep b vax for my little one.
That was my personal conclusion.
post #6 of 7
9/4/08 at 11:38pm
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You were lucky to survive measles! You are also lucky to have survived riding in cars, being born, eating, and walking outdoors (lightning). Life is dangerous.

So glad you figured out that your doctor was scaremongering. Some people must fall for that scenario or doctors wouldn't spout it.
post #7 of 7
9/5/08 at 1:56am
Very informative lil movie about Hep B vaccine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85-Iq4vrY1Q
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