re: Hipster Antia-Vaxxers have a new target: Pets

The thing that bothers me with some on this board is people are labeled anti-vaxxers if they merely question their doctors about what they are about to inject into their children.

In theory, I am very much pro vaccine. I just have some concerns with the schedule and effectiveness of some of them. This is not something I just got of the web but learned things after discussions with our Dr.

For instance the Hep B shot at birth, our Dr. didn't recommend bc of the extremely low chance it would be necessary to prevent the disease at that young of an age. He didn't feel the need to vaccinate a 1 day old against a STD.

The effectiveness of the Pertussis vaccine is another issue. Dr said It is pretty well documented that the vaccine is not as effective as one would hope. I asked if another one was being developed and he had no idea. I did some research and it didn't seem like anything was in the works.

Long story short, don't feel ashamed to ask your Dr about the vaccines and what the potential side effects are. If he /she doesn't have an answer then probably should switch drs.