Jassy - I knew that the mumps vaccine isn’t available here and in some parts of the world, I didn’t realise that it is no longer available anywhere. I am not too bothered about it anyway since DD can have single vaccines for measles and rubella (although she actually has natural immunity for rubella). Not being able to be vaccinated for mumps wouldn’t change my mind on MMR, measles might have done.
As dementedpixie mentions, there’s no single rubella vaccine either. Exactly how much effort did you put into informing yourself before you made this informed decision?
What the lady at the vaccine clinic said was completely logical, so no need to question it at all.
Goodness, how... ovine.
It isn’t at all logical if you have even a little knowledge of how the immune system works and how it responds to vaccines as well as to the many other pathogens it encounters daily.
How could anyone believe that it is a good idea to inject their child with so many vaccines at the same time as MMR?
You don’t need to ‘believe it’. Lots of scientists have done the work for you so you don’t need to go with your gut feeling. There is a good body of data on reactions from different vaccine combinations.
Anyway, I had already made my decision long before I met her, I just found it interesting that an NHS professional shared my view on the number of vaccines given (not on whether to have MMR itself though, obviously).
Why believe this NHS professional and not the others who have actually done research in the field? Or the CDC scientists, or NIH, or the many others from around the world?
I assume you’ve heard of confirmation bias.