[azkathy]

From the article, ““I was annoyed when my kids were born that they wanted them to take Hepatitis B in the neo-natal nursery, and it’s like, that’s a sexually transmitted disease,” said the Kentucky Republican, adding that he had his kids vaccinations staggered over time so they wouldn’t receive ten injections at once.”

Why is the CDC advocating new born babies be immunized to protect them against a sexually transmitted disease? There is a real problem when Government agencies promote vaccinations that just don’t make sense.

[Boogieman]

“Why is the CDC advocating new born babies be immunized to protect them against a sexually transmitted disease?”

Diseases that are sexually transmitted are also commonly transmitted to newborns as they are in the birth canal, so perhaps that is why?

[kaila]

The reason why they want to give the hep vaccine in the nursery is for public health reasons only. There is a captive audience in the nursery, and it is easier for the government to vaccinate everyone at that time.
I have no children, but all the nurses that I know space their kids vaccination schedule out. If you look at the recommendations, under 15 months, there are up to 5-6 vaccines that is given all at once- at age 2,4, 15 months. That is crazy.
If you are a responsible parent, spacing the vaccines out would be smart.
I do not think newborns need a hep vaccine, that can wait until at least age 13. I have my suspicions about the chickenpox vaccine. I have read that its effectiveness expires as a person grows older. Chickenpox in an older person can be deadly. I think that this will be apparent in 30 years, when chicken pox emerges in previously vaccinated children.
It would be nice if the CDC changed the schedule to a more spaced out one, there might be more compliance.

[codder too]

Looking for the common denominator re Autism's increasing #s is the basis for concern by many.

Might also be interesting to track the escalation of Alzheimer's when annual flu shots were introduced into the adult population.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

http://pregnancy.about.com/od/newborntesting/f/What-Are-The-Newborn-Eye-Drops-Done-For-At-Birth.htm

“After your baby is born, usually some time in the first hour or two, he or she will be treated with eye medication, usually referred to by parents as eye drops. This is actually an antibiotic ointment to protect your baby from developing an eye infection after birth, usually caused by gonorrhea or chlamydia.”

Do YOU demand YOUR CHILDREN have the right to be blind or not by refusing the eye drops?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It started when Clinton was in office. He was making some political payoff.