Should your baby get a Hepatitis B vaccine?

Dear Parent,

Did you know that in January 2002 the American Press reported that U.S. newborns should be vaccinated against hepatitis B before leaving the hospital to protect against possible disease from infected mothers, according to doctors’ recommendations?

Previously, giving the shots in the hospital was recommended only for newborns whose mothers were known to be infected or whose disease status was unknown.

The recommendation is listed in the childhood immunization schedule for 2002, prepared by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Doctors worried that some infants were not being vaccinated early because of concerns that some shots had a mercury-containing preservative called thimerosal, which has since been removed from most vaccines, said Dr. Louis Cooper, AAP president. This suggestion of removal is still yet to be seen by pharmaceutical company labeling.

While there’s been no known increase in infants infected with hepatitis B, vaccinating them before they leave the hospital “just makes good sense,” Cooper said.

Newborns can contract the virus from infected mothers’ blood during childbirth, but vaccinating them soon afterward can prevent the disease from taking hold, said McMillan, a pediatrics professor at Johns Hopkins University. However, there has been NO scientific study to show this is true; only a theory that actually goes against the basic principles of the immune system.

The three factual ways that any human being can contract hepatitis B are intravenous drug use (from contaminated needles), blood transfusions, and sexual intercourse. Seeing that these are not risk factors for newborns, why in the world would we inject a foreign protein past the first line of defense (the skin) directly into the blood stream of a baby whose immune system isn’t fully formed until the age of two years old?

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In health,

Thomas Von Ohlen, MS

Thomas Von Ohlen, MS is a clinical nutritionist and developer of Plasma Pro software for doctors. After suffering for many years as a child and young adult with his own health ailments, he dedicated all his time to finding the truth about health. Today he continues that same dedication to helping others who are sick and tired of being sick and tired. In his 15 years in private practice he has helped thousands of people, from all over the world achieve their health goals through education and specific product recommendations. His FREE newsletter is available at http://www.healyourbodynow.com