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When our son was born a couple of years ago, our hospital also put heavy pressure on us for this vaccination. When I asked about risks they said there was a very slight chance of health problems after vaccination and deaths were extremely rare.

When I asked why the vaccine was necessary they said it was to protect the infant if the mother had Hepatitis B. The fact sheet they gave us said risk groups for Hep-B were injection drug users, homosexual men, sexually active heterosexuals, and infants/children of immigrants from disease-endemic areas. Since it is primarily a disease of junkies, gays, and promiscuous heterosexuals, to me, it was a no-brainer. Why expose the infant to anything above zero risk when there was absolutely no chance the mother would have it? They still pressed us but I refused to sign the consent form because there was no rational or logical reason to do so.

A few months later, our pediatrician admitted that the hospitals are under pressure from the CDC for 100% vaccination of newborns. He convinced us that it would be a good idea to have it done before the child was exposed to other children at daycare or school, but he agreed that it was an unnecceary risk for the vast majority of newborns.

Did you know the hospital gets $500 from the government for every social security number that they give out to their newborn child.

I would never give nothing to a newborn child unless I knew what the side effects were.

It amazes me that parents would inject their children with anything.

I personally believe a lot of deaths are caused by these vaccinations.

The government calls it crib death.

Your story reminds me of something that happened to me twelve years ago. My blood is RH negative, so I would need the Rhogam (sp?) shot if my husband's blood wasn't also RH negative. Well, as it turns out, he is RH negative and I don't need to get the shot. But, when I went for one of my checkups while pregnant with my second son, he had me get ready for the shot (in the rear!). As I was lying on the table, waiting for the shot I didn't think I needed, I asked why he was giving it to me if my husband is also RH- and he said, "Woman don't always know who the fathers of their babies are, so we give it routinely to all RH- women." Every time I think about that, I get angry. I was young at the time and didn't have the nerve to jump off that table and tell him I *KNEW* who the father was and that I wasn't going to have that shot. I get upset talking about it now, even after all these years! ARGH!

Candi

The fact sheet they gave us said risk groups for Hep-B were injection drug users, homosexual men, sexually active heterosexuals, and infants/children of immigrants from disease-endemic areas.

They missed a group: researchers and/or lab clinicians; anyone who routinely handles human tissues or samples of human origin. Since I work with human cells, I've had the vaccine. No big deal.

For some very complicated, non-scaremongering, reasons, I do have certain concerns with vaccines, especially with the wisdom of giving vaccines for diseases like chickenpox, which I don't remember ever hearing is a major killer. But for diseases with severe health consequences, e.g. Hep. B (or A or C), and/or high mortality, the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the rare risk of side effects.