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Our pediatrician recommends spacing the vaccinations. It turns out that when you give them very early, many require a booster later because the infant immune re
by Poiesis 16y ago
Our pediatrician recommends spacing the vaccinations. It turns out that when you give them very early, many require a booster later because the infant immune response isn't as strong. If you give it a bit later, no booster needed. So then if there are risks they are less by virtue of having only one immunization.
Never been thrilled with the insistence of infant immunization of Hep B either. Main vectors: sewage an sexual contact. I think we an safely rule those out for a few years at least.
- carbocation 16y agoA professor at my medical school likes to say that, "The entire world is covered in a thin fecal veneer."
- btilly 16y agoMain vectors: sewage an sexual contact. I think we an safely rule those out for a few years at least. Don't dismiss sewage. A surprising fraction of people don't wash their hands, and if you don't wash your hands before preparing food you can pass on diseases. This is a surprisingly common disease vector.