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WHat do you think of parents who don't immunize their kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 465687" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Gardasil is a very interesting vaccine, in my opinion. It is the first that can actually prevent cancer. I hope that someday we find immunizations to prevent most cancers. In light of the fact that so little research is done on females, and most female-only diseases are way down on the priority list except breast cancer, I find it amazing and wonderful to have a vaccine to prevent a type of cancer supposedly only in women. I suspect that in years to come we will find problems that HPV causes in males, but now we only vaccinate females.</p><p></p><p>I have had several very long (10-30 min each) talks about gardasil with the ob/gyn. I would strongly urge you to NOT wait until a girl is 13. Evidence strongly shows that those vaccinated before age 12 have a far stronger immune response and testing shows they do not often need boosters later if they have had the full course. Sadly Jess has only had one dose. Her reaction was VERY strong, and we came very close to taking her to the ER because nothing helped. The pediatrician told us to call the ob/gyn, which we would not have done because it started out like a flu bug but got really really bad. Jess lost over 35 lbs in under a week from it. the ob/gyn gave us guidelines for what is a mild, moderate and severe reaction, and we hit severe. I asked the doctor if it was her daughter if she would continue the shots and she said no way because the reaction is usually a bit worse with each dose. Because of this, I focus extra attention on letting Jess know that she is more at risk for problems, and she needs to be careful.</p><p></p><p>I think having people keep their kids who are not vaccinated home when something is going around is a fairly intelligent way to handle things. our schools would NEVER allow this as if you miss ten days then you flunk unless you really really push the schools. We got super lucky that the elem school adored thank you because they just ignored that rule with him - he missed 1/4 of each grading period for years. But he was always the top student in each class - though that was not supposed to mean anything with all the absences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 465687, member: 1233"] Gardasil is a very interesting vaccine, in my opinion. It is the first that can actually prevent cancer. I hope that someday we find immunizations to prevent most cancers. In light of the fact that so little research is done on females, and most female-only diseases are way down on the priority list except breast cancer, I find it amazing and wonderful to have a vaccine to prevent a type of cancer supposedly only in women. I suspect that in years to come we will find problems that HPV causes in males, but now we only vaccinate females. I have had several very long (10-30 min each) talks about gardasil with the ob/gyn. I would strongly urge you to NOT wait until a girl is 13. Evidence strongly shows that those vaccinated before age 12 have a far stronger immune response and testing shows they do not often need boosters later if they have had the full course. Sadly Jess has only had one dose. Her reaction was VERY strong, and we came very close to taking her to the ER because nothing helped. The pediatrician told us to call the ob/gyn, which we would not have done because it started out like a flu bug but got really really bad. Jess lost over 35 lbs in under a week from it. the ob/gyn gave us guidelines for what is a mild, moderate and severe reaction, and we hit severe. I asked the doctor if it was her daughter if she would continue the shots and she said no way because the reaction is usually a bit worse with each dose. Because of this, I focus extra attention on letting Jess know that she is more at risk for problems, and she needs to be careful. I think having people keep their kids who are not vaccinated home when something is going around is a fairly intelligent way to handle things. our schools would NEVER allow this as if you miss ten days then you flunk unless you really really push the schools. We got super lucky that the elem school adored thank you because they just ignored that rule with him - he missed 1/4 of each grading period for years. But he was always the top student in each class - though that was not supposed to mean anything with all the absences. [/QUOTE]
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