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Actually, you kind of proved my point. “At risk sooner or later” is in reality at least a decade away, maybe a decade and a half. By the time a Hep B vaccinated newborn would need such a vaccination, they would probably need to be re vaccinated. With the exception of babies born to prostitutes or IV drug using mothers, there is no reason to give newborns HEP B shots. If Hep B truly were a critical health issue, it would be far better to mandate Hep B vaccinations somewhere around 12-15 yrs of age. Then it would be at its greatest effectiveness when the chances of needing it were actually possible/likely.

So, a national policy/vaccine guideline that ALL new borns should get them IS just like treating everyone as a potential terrorist just to stop islamic terrorists. It is a horrible overreach, based in political correctness for a very small % return. I do not know about you but I think it is insane to pretend that little old white ladies and babies are just as likely to be suicide bombers as muslims. It is also poses an unreasonable risk of harm to the larger group of people affected by such “non scientific” theory.

They mandate these guidelines because they treat everyone the same, and to the lowest common denominator. They know the dirtball mother will not get her child vaccinated against hepatitis B when their child in in their teens, so they mandate everyone get it when they are born.
I for one, would do what was right for my family if I had kids. I would refuse the hep shot until my child was in their teens. Do not treat me like the ghetto mother.

“By the time a Hep B vaccinated newborn would need such a vaccination, they would probably need to be re vaccinated.”

Well, seeing as the vaccines last for at least 20 years and young people are sexually active long before that nowadays, this isn’t true.

“If Hep B truly were a critical health issue, it would be far better to mandate Hep B vaccinations somewhere around 12-15 yrs of age.”

Rick Perry tried that with the HPV vaccine and still got grief about it. So, it seems there is no point trying to please anti-vaxxers, since they will complain no matter when you schedule the shot.

“I do not know about you but I think it is insane to pretend that little old white ladies and babies are just as likely to be suicide bombers as muslims.”

Again, that’s a bad comparison, a false analogy. Vaccinations work by vaccinating everyone, or realistically, as many as possible, not just those at the highest risk.