Do you know that while tb has become more prevelant in this country than ever they do not now give the bcg routinely in schools unless they are in high risk areas...So you are ok as long as you dont travel out of your area.
I want my son to have it at the age he would have done and i cant even pay for it at our doctors.Ive got to take him to a private clinic somewhere else.Not even sure of the cost.
When you think of how close you are to someone either as a technician or a customer and how tb is spread this is another vaccination that is all important.I cant believe the governments mentality it must cost thousands to treat someone with tb.
This is true. I'm about to go all political here (sorry)
What makes me laugh is that our parental right to choice, regarding MMR or single vaccines was removed (other than for those with the money to pay private).
Those parents who were too scared to give their little baby something which was potentially damaging were then made to feel guilty and responsible for a possible measles epademic. The government were basically saying - well when measles starts sweeping the country, wiping out your children...... it's your own fault.
So why does this not apply to TB? I am half Indian, so I requested that my kids had a TB jab when they were babies..... reason being family might visit from abroad - blah blah blah. In all honesty, I just wanted them to be safe.
I have no contact with any family abroad so visits are unlikely. And the chances of me going to India are pretty slim - I'm too poor!
Therefore the only danger to me and mine is the exact same danger as there is to all of us, whatever our racial background.
With the way that we all travel from country to country, town to town, city to city, and our population becomming more diverse and integrated, surely the only change to TB vaccinations should be having them as babies - it seems like madness to stop them!? Whos fault will it be if TB sweeps the country?
When I was a baby, I had a severe reaction to the measles jab and almost died. My Mum was advised not to allow any of her future children to have it. When I had my sons I explained this and was told that even though my babies could react the same way, They still couldn't offer my children mumps and rubella as singles. It was MMR or nothing (or private of course).
This topic does my head in!!
Hep B btw!
