Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies (opens in new tab)

(nature.com)

24 pointsAmorymeltzer3mo ago3 comments

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Seems bad.

Why? It’s an STD, with 600 cases of mother to child transmission a year (so says the article.) Seems absurd to vaccinate all newborns for such a thing.

9dev3mo ago

That’s 600 lives still. Seems absurd to not do something that has no negative but only positive outcomes.

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Aushin3mo ago

Seems bad.

ShipEveryWeek3mo ago

Why? It’s an STD, with 600 cases of mother to child transmission a year (so says the article.) Seems absurd to vaccinate all newborns for such a thing.

9dev3mo ago

That’s 600 lives still. Seems absurd to not do something that has no negative but only positive outcomes.

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