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Impartial Advice on Vaccine please?

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Eve4Walle · 30/12/2009 09:33

Where can I get impartial advice? My DS has been offered the vaccine this week (he's 2 at the end of Jan) and I really on't know where to turn for decent advice about whether we should let him have it.

Can anyone help?

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beammeupscotty · 30/12/2009 13:01

Have looked for same - no matter what you do its all conflicting advice. On one hand the vaccine is well tolerated, has no live component, has been used extensively with no bad effects and is little different from normal seasonal flu vaccine (used for years) is good. Then you read all this stuff about thiosermals and squalene (caused Gulf War syndrome!! wtf is that all about) Pandermix is the one most used. one dose only needed (even though they tried to fob us off with two) Swine flu usually nasty but not dangerous except in littler ones. our babe at jab 14 mo had it and was fine. Hate all this vaccine stuff

verybusyspider · 30/12/2009 22:16

I'll watch with interest as we can't find any either!
I'm so in two minds about it, I have 3 under 3.5yrs, so far only 2 have been offered it - even tho ds3 is 6months but I don't even know if I should get them all done at the same time or space them out, I really don't think I could cope with 3 small ill children, I'd find it really stressful, I always do with fevers.

flockwallpaper · 31/12/2009 15:17

This web page has some info that you might find useful. It explains why the additives are added to the vaccines, and how they are tested. The Centers for Disease Control is a US government organisation, so some of the advice is US centric but it is generally a reliable source of medical information on the web. HTH

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