You have a child in your family, and with him a lot of questions arose, to which you, of course, want to get an unambiguous answer. But there is one topic around which there are still a lot of controversies, but there was no consensus as to whether or not there was. This theme is childhood vaccinations. Do or not vaccinate a baby? The law on the refusal of vaccinations states that vaccinations to underage citizens are carried out only with the consent of their parents or guardians. Therefore, if you have firmly decided not to vaccinate your child, then in the hospital you need to formalize the refusal of vaccinations, writing for this statement. Immediately after birth, the baby's body is still imperfect, he gets used to life outside the mother. In the first days after birth, there is always the possibility of unnoticed intrauterine infection or birth trauma. Therefore, the vaccine made at this time may have the most unpredictable consequences. Because of this, as well as for other reasons, parents recently began to often refuse preventive vaccinations to their children.
Reasons for refusing vaccinations
The reasons why parents refuse vaccinations are very many:
- there may be various complications after the introduction of the vaccine;
- I do not like the fact that the composition of vaccines includes living untreated cultures;
- vaccination adversely affects the immunity of the child;
- there is no strong evidence of a risk-benefit ratio.
How to write a refusal of vaccination?
If you are an opponent of any interventions in your child's organism, including vaccinations, then even before the birth write an application for the refusal of vaccinations. This document should be in duplicate, with one copy to be attached to your exchange card from a women's consultation, and another copy should be in your arms at the hospital. You can even write on the card itself that you refuse vaccinations, and attach a statement. Both on your application, and on the exchange card, the signature of the child's father is desirable. Be sure to orally warn about the refusal of vaccinations to the child upon admission to the hospital and again after childbirth.
Carefully read the documents offered to you for signature by the maternity hospitals, and if they have an item on vaccinations, you can cross it out. You can be warned that you will not be discharged from the hospital without BCG vaccination, but this is illegal.
Some parents want to choose their own vaccine and personally stay with the child. To do this, the law guarantees you the right to register a refusal of vaccinations in school. Write an application addressed to the director of the educational institution that you refuse the vaccinations produced at school, but you undertake to do them in your clinic.
Consequences of refusal of vaccinations
It should be remembered that tetanus and diphtheria are very serious diseases that often end in a fatal outcome. In our country, unfortunately, there are more and more people infected with such formidable diseases as hepatitis and tuberculosis. If you wrote a refusal of vaccinations, and then, well
Most parents are at a crossroads in the issue of vaccinations - and the child does not want to expose excess risk, and the lack of vaccination can lead to sad consequences. Therefore, carefully weigh all the pros and cons before writing a refusal of preventive vaccinations. Children's health is in your hands, and only you parents are responsible for it before the child, society, state and conscience.