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Grandparents Innoculations

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NanaandGrampy Wed 14-Nov-18 13:53:54

For goodness sake agnurse are you serious ?? 3 months?

How on earth did the human race get to this place where we are so fearful of ordinary germs ?

There has been significant research into the possibility that a number of allergiesare actually caused by a lack of early exposure ( nuts is one I read recently). Surely , common sense should prevail with hand washing and such .

GrannyGravy13 Wed 14-Nov-18 13:47:57

We flew with a 10 day old baby to see my Parents as they were unable to come to us, he was absolutely fine on the plane and did not get any "foreign bugs".

agnurse Wed 14-Nov-18 13:29:29

EllenVanin

As a general rule this is true. However, if the baby is a newborn, they don't have a good immune system and are vulnerable to infection. Every country has different germs, not to mention they had travelled on a plane - a glorified cesspool. If Hubby and I have more children I will ask his family to wait 3 months to come, until baby has had first shots.

EllanVannin Wed 14-Nov-18 12:49:06

Obviously never heard of immunity. It's by coming into contact with people which builds one's immunity should there be a bug floating about and you happens to catch whatever it might be.
Being too clean and clinical is asking for trouble.

BlueBelle Wed 14-Nov-18 12:32:09

What a load of doodoo I think I d have got the next plane back

sodapop Wed 14-Nov-18 12:29:00

Never heard of that. Sounds like something else is going on there.

Wendy Wed 14-Nov-18 11:07:54

I chat to a lady in the supermarket, as you do and this time we spoke about families at Christmas. She has just returned from a trip to California to visit her son and new first grandchild. She wasn’t allowed to touch the child because it was said that our English inoculations aren’t up to the standard of the American ones and the child could catch something! Has anyone else come across this ?