Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe?

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I am starting nursing school this fall and I need to decide whether or not to get the hepatitis b vaccine. I have been reading a lot about it and there is so much conflicting information. I wanted to know what people think about the vaccine and whether or not you have had it.

Thanks

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

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ROFLOL, Just in case anyone here thinks that the CDC is a reliable ,credible, or unbiased source of information you should be aware that many of the same scientists that work for CDC have also worked for Big Pharm industry and sometimes even at the same time! You have any idea how much money Big Pharm industry spends lobbying in DC every year? The CDC is nothing but a political organization at best.

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ROFLOL, Just in case anyone here thinks that the CDC is a reliable ,credible, or unbiased source of information you should be aware that many of the same scientists that work for CDC have also worked for Big Pharm industry and sometimes even at the same time! You have any idea how much money Big Pharm industry spends lobbying in DC every year? The CDC is nothing but a political organization at best.

Which is why I have no idea who or what to believe.

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

It's good to be informed before making a personal choice. Not one thing wrong with that.

For me, the benefits outweigh the risks, so I accepted the vaccine.

One must utilize all sources of information, take back to their healthcare provider and discuss, then make the same personal choice; yes or no.

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In which case you might need to just make the best decision for yourself that you can based on the information you have found. You have to do what is best for YOU.

Consult your doctor is my advice.

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There's an echo in here. I swear I was typing mine as you posted yours, sirI.

To answer the original question, I received the vaccine back when it first became available, would've been somewhere in the early 90s? I had Hep A as a child, and didn't relish the idea of having any other available strains, TYVM. I have had no ill effects.

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There's an echo in here. I swear I was typing mine as you posted yours, sirI.

;):up:

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I can't speak to safety, but I can tell you that it hurts like hell when they do the injection. Double the volume of other vaccines, I guess.

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all I can say is forget AIDS... it's a fragile virus that lasts seconds on surfaces.. hepatitis B... lasts forever, on walls, light plates, computers, the door handles... it is a very verulent virus, a strong one that kills, a nasty death. I happily got my vaccine and get titers every year, this disease is what you need to fear... it is a killer of nurses.

How right you are. Now, we need to see a vaccine for HEP C!

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How right you are. Now, we need to see a vaccine for HEP C!

I couldnt agree with you more!!!

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Which is why I have no idea who or what to believe.

No, this is why you need to make people like Anne36 back up their claims with evidence. Especially if you are going to let allow her claims to influence your thinking so much that you don't know what to believe.

She has made the claim that the CDC is "at best" a political organization like moveon.org or the Discovery Institute. It is a very serious accusation to which you are appearing to lend some weight.

Why? Why would you let a random poster on a public message board so confuse you without looking at their evidence? Evidence, by the way, would have to be obtained using a far more in depth search than a google search.

This current mania about the safety of vaccines is evidence that people will believe anything they want regardless of evidence. Vaccines have saved countless lives and when people start refusing them because of specious "boogyman" claims about the CDC, government, or science in general, people are going to die.

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