| Re: Flu Shots for Infants
NO WAY!! We're not doing any vaccinations while she's an infant, and I certainly would not do the flu vaccine. The flu vaccine has been proven to compromise a developing immune system. I think they can be beneficial in elderly people, or people with auto immune disorders, but there is a HUGE difference in an immune system that does not function like it should, and one that is still developing.
I would rather my daughter get sick then possibly compromise her immune system for life. And in fact, getting sick will make better antibodies then any vaccine could provide. The chances of her dying from a cold are less then her having a negative reaction to the vaccine.
And most pediatricians will use up old vaccines first, which is redundant if you are trying to prevent new strains of influenza. What this means is that if your pediatrician has left over vaccines from LAST YEARS flu vaccine, he might use those first before using THIS YEARS vaccine.
Some pediatricians, however, will throw away old ones and use the new ones. But that usually only happens when their bottom line is not the priority. Before you get a flu vaccine, ask your doctor when it was made, and when the expiration date is. If your doctor is too cheap to throw away old ones and use the new ones, GET A NEW DOCTOR.
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