...................................yurt1 or any others with knowledge of vaccinations...................................................

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Are there any studies/info contrasting the proportion of negative reactions to vaccinations in adults as opposed to children? Just wondering if it drops steeply at a certain age.
My DDs are 4.4 yo and 16 mo and have not had any vacs. I would prefer them to get measles, rubella etc naturally but if they don't i would get them vaccinated before they reach adolescence as i know those diseases are much worse for adults. I will get them vaccinated against rubella anyway, for all the usual reasons.

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erm- problem with the data on adverse reactions is that it is so so so incomplete. So few adverse reactions are actually recorded.

If an older child or adolescent say regressed following measles vaccination they would not be diagnosed as autistic because by definition that has to be present early on (they would be diagnosed wiith childhood disintegrative disorder perhaps).

Also adult reactions (major ones) are less likely to be overlooked as they're more obvious.

The place to ask would be JABS though. Have a look at their forums.

Personally I think I'll probably give ds2 and ds3 a measles jab pre-adolescence because the disease becomes so much nastier post childhood so the risk/benefit ration changes.

thanks yurt1!