When it comes to routine vaccines, stick to the schedule. It’s better that way. 📅
Wondering if, by spacing out your kids’ vaccines, you can save some tears?
We’ve got just the thread for you 👇🏽
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The routine immunization schedule here in Canada was developed for a reason: to provide optimal protection from vaccine-preventable diseases (1).
And with vaccines, timing is everything (2).
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Here are a few understandable (but unfounded!) reasons you might think about spacing out vaccines:
- Will a baby’s immune system get “overloaded” by too many vaccines all at once?
- Will getting multiple vaccines at once hurt too much?
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Do vaccines overload immune systems?
NO. 🙅🏻♀️
There’s no evidence for this claim, and lots of evidence that vaccines boost the immune system (3).
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Do multiple simultaneous vaccines increase pain/stress?
Not any more than spacing them out.
In fact you’ll need to return more often if you space them out, and baby will be at increased risk of disease in the meantime (4).
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Spacing out vaccines more than the recommended interval can lead to:
-Incomplete protection from serious illness, disability, death
-Greater chance of missing vaccines
-More trips to the doctor’s office (5)
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You might see some other “alternative schedules” floating around. They are bunk (6).
Get your info on vaccination from trusted sources like @GovCanHealth or your pediatrician/family doctor.
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So follow the recommendations!
The benefits:
- Early, strong, and long-lasting protection for your baby’s many stages of development
- Prevents spread of illness to others
- Evidence-based safety and effectiveness (7)
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If you’ve fallen behind, there are catch-up schedules available.
It’s never too late (8)!
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Got more questions about vaccines? Let us know!
Check out our sources: tinyurl.com/SUFSpaceOut
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