A mom and dad from Sydney, Australia are now on the lam because they refuse to get their two-day-old son vaccinated against hepatitis B.
Australia's Department of Community Services has gotten a Supreme Court
order requiring the baby to receive the vaccine because the mother was
diagnosed with hepati
tis B several years ago.
Like
many immunization-averse parents here in the States, the couple
believes their son faces greater danger from the aluminum in the
vaccine than from the disease itself, which they say they could manage
if he happens to contract it. They fled their home last week after
Community Services indicated it would take the child into custody and
ensure that he gets the vaccine. Apparently, the family -- which also
includes a three-year-old girl who has not been vaccinated against
hepatitis B and has not been screened for the disease -- plans to
continue life on the run.
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