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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if proof of positive titers is accepted for school in Virginia instead of getting an extra dose of a vaccine?  For example, my child got one dose of varicella.  Instead of getting the second dose, if we get titers tested and she is immune, does she have to get a second dose to meet school requirements?

I know for me that I never actually had chickenpox, but got my titers checked for pregnancy and they were off the charts immune to chickenpox.  There would be no point in my getting the vaccine to fulfill some requirement when I am already immune, despite never actually having had chickenpox.[/quote]

What is the advantage? Seems like getting a shot is easier than a blood draw.[/quote]

Seriously?  Because there are less risks to a blood draw.[/quote]

Do you ever drive your children anywhere for any reason?

If so, you are a bad judge of risk. [/quote]

Actually, I work in risk management.  Vaccines have risks.  Blood draws have risks.  Blood draws generally have less risks.

And yes, I drive my children.  In carseats.  Getting a vaccine for no reason is more like driving them around in no carseat, to use your very poor analogy.[/quote]

Well I wouldn't hire you. I suppose blood draws have less risks than vaccines but that is like saying jogging down the sidewalk is less risky than walking down the sidewalk. It's essentially a negligible difference. And yet the difference in danger (to others and your own child) in not vaccinating your children is exponentially larger than the risk in vaccinating or a blood draw. Your logic is faulty.

Re: Hep A/B. So looking at the liklihood your child will come down with this, sure its not that likely. But by delaying/denying those vaccines you are giving credence to the junk science that has caused the larger vaccine scare. Every person who says that they're delaying Hep A just to be safe is giving the person who's denying MMR validation. You're admitting you think there's a potential for harm that could outweigh the risk. No science or population study has EVER given credence to the idea that vaccination is less safe than vaccination. There is NO scientific benefit for delaying a vaccine other than parent comfort (or a legitimate allergy like eggs or something). The people who understand this have an ethical responsibility to be up to date on vaccines to change this harmful narrative. [/quote]

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