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[ I would ask your Doctor. He knows more about vaccinations than you do. That’s what Doctors are for; to give medical advice.

If you think your Doctor is negligent, or don’t like his diagnosis, I would seek what is commonly known as a second opinion. ]

Gee Genius, when I came back a week a leter sick as a dog after my tetanus vaccination and after they ruled out that it wasn’t some other illness and WAS the vaccine that made me sick, the doctor said, and am Paraphrasing here: “I am glad we didn’t give you that other booster shot.”

So MY doctor was thankful that I decided AGAINST THEIR advice at the time (in your opinion I was stuipid for doing so) NOT to take that second shot when I got my tetanus shot.

Since your doctor is so damend infalliable why don’t you propose the vatican pick them as the next freeking pope.

I view Doctors as “Body Mechanics” since that is pretty much what they are, I realize they are smart, but they are NOT INFALLIABLE! And having a degree and medical school training does NOT make them GOD, it just makes them SLIGHTLY better than the average person at PLAYING GOD.

Oh and I bet your mechanic LOVES you, just LOVES you, when they tell you that your muffler bearing goes out and needs replacing and they quote you that it is going to take 500 bucks to replace it, but hey he is “The Expert” and has a shiny framed degree on his wall from Jiffy Lube-U.

That's an interesting anecdote, but anecdotes don't really matter in the scheme of things. Just because you had a negative reaction to an adult tetanus shot, that doesn't really affect pediatric medicine.

If you can find any medical literature that says you should space out shots for children, feel free to share it.

But I've already shared documentation that proves you wrong.

Oh and I bet your mechanic LOVES you, just LOVES you, when they tell you that your muffler bearing goes out and needs replacing and they quote you that it is going to take 500 bucks to replace it, but hey he is “The Expert” and has a shiny framed degree on his wall from Jiffy Lube-U.

Actually, I had my brakes replaced on Monday. The first quote was from a locally owned placed that was $700; he printed out his diagnosis so I could take it around.

I took the car to Aamco down the street, and they agreed with the diagnosis of the first place, but gave me a quote that was almost $300 cheaper by using a more affordable parts distributor.

The point being, I got a second opinion from another expert, instead of pretending I'm an expert car mechanic myself, much like you're pretending to be a medical expert.