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MR vaccination
My son has already been vaccinated with the MMR dose as a part of the regular vaccination.
Do we have to get the additional MR vaccine again for my son..
I have heard of cases where kids have had severe side effects after the MR dose in schools and government hospitals
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Dear parents ,
MR vaccine given in school are additional vaccine like polio drops ,given in mass on same day gives herd immunity to community, to irradiated measles.
All parents should sent their wards to get vaccinated with MR vaccine .
Plane crash &train accident do occur some times, do we stop using them.
Similarly you heard some cases, may be true, but that doesn't stopped us to use the vaccine, taking necessary precautions.
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MMR protects from Vaccine preventable disease. Incidents at Government hospital was due to a batch of vaccines. Please note, Government set up vaccinates more children than entire private network. Based on once instance we can’t blame the Vaccine Per se.
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Meet your Paediatrician and get vaccinated as per schedule.
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