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To think this nurse was exaggerating the truth...

319 replies

Likeaheadlesschicken · 15/09/2011 13:33

I have just been to take my DD (13 months) for her injections. I very politely requested to have the 12 month boosters on a separate visit to the MMR. The nurse then told me that every other child in the country has their's together. AIBU to think this isnt the case???

In the end she agreed but after trying to make me feel silly and very PFB-ish. I definately don't want to turn this into a MMR/vaccinations debate, I just feel that it should be "my baby my choice" on how things are done (obviously working within the constraints of the NHS) and that it simply isn't true that ALL children have their injections together.

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Blueberties · 15/09/2011 22:13

You should be able to work out this then Smile

Cost of products and doctors appointments for first MMR, second MMR, three sets of infant vaccinations, Men C and pre-school boosters.

Vs the cost of three sets of infant vaccinations. I hereby offer the cost of my further twelve doctors' vaccination appts to the OP.

Blueberties · 15/09/2011 22:13

In fact Mils you really are not one to lecture. You seem to have cost the NHS more than me in vaccinations certainly.

Blueberties · 15/09/2011 22:14

Bimbo unfortunately we don't know that.

Sad
bumbleymummy · 15/09/2011 22:16

"Of course my children are vaccinated, I have a brain in my head."

Nice Hmm. How much thought did you put into your decision to vaccinate? How much time did you spend looking into the diseases themselves/their incidence rates and the risks of any complications from them? I would hazard a guess that the majority of the people who have made the decision not to vaccinate their children have put a lot more thought into it that you did so suggesting that they are 'brainless' is a bit ridiculous tbh.

StealthPolarBear · 15/09/2011 22:17

"Milsean Thu 15-Sep-11 18:34:17
Not really. If you add up all the services you've recieved in your lifetime, then add up your taxes, then minus off your taxes all the other things that come out of that same pot...you haven't paid nearly enough to cover what you get. "

Where does the money come from then? Because presumably there are more people using taxpayer-funded things than taxpayers? So I'm completely mystified.

Milsean · 15/09/2011 22:18

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StealthPolarBear · 15/09/2011 22:21

right...so you don't pay UK taxes then either, presumably? Am I missing something? If no-one pays in more than they take out, where does the money come from?

StealthPolarBear · 15/09/2011 22:21

So are you saying money gets pumped in to subsidise everyone?

eaglewings · 15/09/2011 22:22

Pro choice I think s a better phrase!

StealthPolarBear · 15/09/2011 22:23

And you're not the only one btw - there is an opinion a bit further down that no-one pays in enough to the NHS to ever cover a single birth (though I tink the poster who mentions it is saying it is wrong) - how does this stuff come to be?

Don't get why you're being confrontational btw. I agree with you about the NHS being a very valuable resurce. Not what this is about.

bumpsoon · 15/09/2011 22:23

I split ds's 12 months jabs between two visists , the nurse actually asked me if i wanted to ,she said that some parents prefer to do it like that and would i . Now im a nurse and i know all the research etc about vaccinations and i am happy for my children to innoculated ,but it just seemed like such a lot in such a short space of time , so the slightly irrational bit of my brain ,said yes i would like them in two visits too . The nurse was quite happy about it ,didnt make me feel like i was some mad or bad parent .

StealthPolarBear · 15/09/2011 22:23

really very rich people
so are you saying they pay more in than they take out?

bumbleymummy · 15/09/2011 22:24

I guess she didn't want to answer my questions then....or yours SPB! I'm curious about where all this money comes from too. There must be a huge market for Lear Jets in the UK :)

eaglewings · 15/09/2011 22:25

Rich people, yes I know some of them and they would agree with the OP

Corporate tax is paid for by the people who use the services of the company so that's us too

Have done Economics at college thank you

griphook · 15/09/2011 22:26

The main problem is the fact that Tony Blair single handedly ruin the trust in immunisations in the this county by withdrawing the single jab licence, o yeah and then refusing for a long time to say whether his own son had received the mmr.

My ds has had his mmr, but I would have much prefered him to have them spaced out and single. At no extra cost to the NHS, only me.

StealthPolarBear · 15/09/2011 22:27

Guessing Milesan is gone. Just don't understand why these really high earners aren;t included. Surely on average we all take out exactly the same as we put in...by definition, and I'm sure tweaking a bit. Otherwise where does the money come from?

About the birth - I've seen the figures for a birth episode in an NHS hospital. Can't remember the figure but dont remember it being astronomical Hmm. Given that lots of people pay to have babies privately if the NHS was charging eye wateringly amounts more than private, surely they'd just send all their patients private and save a fortune Hmm

Blueberties · 15/09/2011 22:28

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bumbleymummy · 15/09/2011 22:30

oops Bimbo - missed you at the bottom of the last page!

The risks of measles in the UK are much less than in developing countries. The groups that are most at risk worldwide are those who are immunocompromised and malnourished. Over 95% of deaths from measles occur in low income countries with poor health care infrastructures Sad The world is not a very fair place.

Blueberties · 15/09/2011 22:32

It's about 20-000 at the Portland I think? Or less? And that's in today's terms.

Seriously I do keep hearing this "we never pay for what we use in our whole lifetime", I think there's some campaign-y thing going on.

I mean obviously some people don't but yknow, that's the bloody point of it I thought.

StealthPolarBear · 15/09/2011 22:34

Blueberties, the figure I had in my mind for NHS was about £10000 so that would fit. NO IDEA if that is right though.

Milsean · 15/09/2011 22:34

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PublicHair · 15/09/2011 22:35

i wish Milsean had been here to see what my baby went through directly as a result of his immunisations. Sad like i say,he's my 3rd child,they are all vaccinated, i believe in vaccinations. it was horrible.

Blueberties · 15/09/2011 22:36

Yes that would fit. I've definitely paid for my three then. What am I supposed to do now, object to all the other people having babies on my tax? I don't get this at all.

Milsean · 15/09/2011 22:36

definition for you:

wackadoodle 188 up, 14 down
An eccentric, ditsy, arcane, funny, person. Is generally a goodnatured and sympathetic person. Not to be confused with a "wackjob," who can be nasty,or violent.
Aunt Rosemary's fondness for multiple cats, Minnie Pearl hats, and alien abductions was never a source of shame for Fred, but rather a source of pride. He thought it surely must qualify her for the mythical "Wackadoodle Hall of Fame."