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Single MMR vaccines

Salll

Hi there

My child is 3 and due for his booster MMR this month. 
As he had a very bad reaction to the first MMR, I am not prepared to have the combined vaccination again.

I have tried all avenues to find somewhere that administers the single vaccines, but without success. Does anyone know where I can find out this type of information? And are the individual vaccinations still available?

Many thanks for your help. I find myself in such a quandary as to the right to do and would appreciate any pointers.

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  • I appreciate your comments and your positions. 

    However, my position as a parent is in absolute opposition to this. When it comes to the welfare of my child, I am not prepared to follow the 'positions' of organisations just because that is a policy set by the government or a decision made at an internal meeting.

    My child had over 40 degree fever for 5 days after the first injection. And up to that point there had been no issues. My 'position' as a parent is to minimise any risk there may be for my child and, unfortunately, given my experience, the risk in this case cannot be entirely precluded.

    What is ludicrous here is the response of the government and certain organisations to this issue. The national aim is to eradicate disease. I wish to have my child vaccinated against these diseases. In this respect, I am complying with government guidelines. The only thing I am asking is to be able to have these vaccinations administered individually.

    What doesn't seem to be clear to the governing authorities, is that if this is not possible, then the alternative is not to administer the vaccines at all. Surely, this is not in the interest of the government. Nor is it in the interest of my child, but that appears to be the lesser of two evils.

    Should anyone have any more helpful contributions, they would be very much appreciated.

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  • I appreciate your comments and your positions. 

    However, my position as a parent is in absolute opposition to this. When it comes to the welfare of my child, I am not prepared to follow the 'positions' of organisations just because that is a policy set by the government or a decision made at an internal meeting.

    My child had over 40 degree fever for 5 days after the first injection. And up to that point there had been no issues. My 'position' as a parent is to minimise any risk there may be for my child and, unfortunately, given my experience, the risk in this case cannot be entirely precluded.

    What is ludicrous here is the response of the government and certain organisations to this issue. The national aim is to eradicate disease. I wish to have my child vaccinated against these diseases. In this respect, I am complying with government guidelines. The only thing I am asking is to be able to have these vaccinations administered individually.

    What doesn't seem to be clear to the governing authorities, is that if this is not possible, then the alternative is not to administer the vaccines at all. Surely, this is not in the interest of the government. Nor is it in the interest of my child, but that appears to be the lesser of two evils.

    Should anyone have any more helpful contributions, they would be very much appreciated.

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