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In reply to the discussion: If you don't vaccinate your children. [View all]pnwmom
(108,977 posts)But apparently our reactions weren't bad enough to fully exclude us. And I can see how that could happen, because my son's odd reaction wouldn't have been enough to exclude him if we hadn't in the meantime learned about a family history starting in my mother's generation.
At the time, two of my children (and soon, one of the cousins) were about to get another DPT. I'll always wonder if one of them would have ended up like my sister. Thank goodness we stopped them when we did.
But the disease is terrible, too, so thank goodness the government and the researchers finally moved to produce a safer vaccine. My granddaughter has now had that, and my three children have all successfully had the adult version.
Someday they might be able to test children for genetic conditions, like mitochondrial disorders, that could put them at risk. In that case, everyone would be better off; both the children who were properly excluded from receiving the vaccinations, and those whose parents could confidently bring them in to get all their vaccinations.