The hepatitus B vaccine is given because the CDC is trying to eliminate it as a disease.
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Ginger - Mar 18, 2008 1:32:40 pm PDT #488 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
meara - Mar 18, 2008 1:35:10 pm PDT #489 of 10001
When do they give the Hep B, though, is what I was wondering--like, is it a little-kid one, or an older-kid one, or what? Doesn't seem like you'd really need to do it as a small child.
P.M. Marc - Mar 18, 2008 1:37:18 pm PDT #490 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I do worry about the sheer numbers of vaccines we're giving very, very tiny babies. The schedule is packed with all kinds of stuff, and if we were not going to daycare, I think I'd have chosen selective vaccination instead of the full course.
P.M. Marc - Mar 18, 2008 1:37:58 pm PDT #491 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
When do they give the Hep B, though, is what I was wondering--like, is it a little-kid one, or an older-kid one, or what? Doesn't seem like you'd really need to do it as a small child.
Right away. I think they could probably delay it, but it's one of the ones you get before you're even on solids.
Ginger - Mar 18, 2008 1:38:28 pm PDT #492 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I knew a woman who had shingles inflame nerves, and she spent the last five years of her life in excruciating pain. Having seen Miss Ruby with it, I'd say anything you can do to eliminate chicken pox is a good thing.
Laga - Mar 18, 2008 1:43:06 pm PDT #493 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I was taken to a chicken pox party when I was around ten but I was very disappointed there was no cake or games.
Susan W. - Mar 18, 2008 1:44:13 pm PDT #494 of 10001
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I haven't had shingles yet, but I didn't get chicken pox till I was 18 and had a severe case of it. Several days of fever around 102, missed two weeks of school, still carry visible scars on my face, neck, and chest, etc. Was I ever in real danger? No, not at all. Would it have been worth a vaccine to avoid? Hell, yes.
Amy - Mar 18, 2008 1:58:33 pm PDT #495 of 10001
Because books.
I'm not sure shingles is entirely avoidable, though -- my mom and a friend both had them, and they'd both had chicken pox as kids.
I have heard, Susan, that chicken pox is much worse the older you get -- a friend got it when we were in high school and she was a mess for a couple of weeks.
Ginger - Mar 18, 2008 1:59:53 pm PDT #496 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I knew quite a few kids with bad scarring. I remember my mother putting gloves on my hands and coating me with calamine lotion. My brain could only hold one thought, which was "I must scratch."
Ginger - Mar 18, 2008 2:01:08 pm PDT #497 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The point is that the vaccine could eliminate chicken pox altogether, so in the future no one would get shingles. There's nothing to do for those of us who have had chicken pox except cross our fingers.