[shhrubbery!]

Not spread by casual contact doesn't mean not spread at all. Kids get cuts. Kids bite each other. Kids get raped. Later, kids turn into teenagers and most of them get tattoos and have sex. Maybe even your kids.

Note I said "little children," not teenagers.

The chances that my little kid is gonna get "raped" or bitten by someone with Hep B --or that someone with Hep B is gonna rub HIS blood into a cut on MY kid's finger-- are infinitesimally small.

When your kid becomes a teenager, and you think he or she is likely to be promiscuous or to get tattooed, then YOU get him or her vaccinated.

You have your choice as a parent. Let me have mine.

[brytlea]

While I am very ambivalent about having these things mandated, I gotta say that I was amazed last year (my first year working with 4th graders) how often they bleed at school. I opted not to have the hep shot myself thinking I wouldn’t be at risk. Now, I’m not so sure. The kids constantly pick scabs, have bloody noses, get cut on the playground, etc. Much scarier now that I know about all of the diseases out there.
susie