Why We Refuse to Give Our Babies Jabs ; (1) Experts Claim They Are Selfish, Irresponsible and Endangering the Lives of Their Children - and Yours. But More and More Middle- Class Parents Are Saying No to Vaccinations(2) Vaccines Are Like Playing Russian Roulette... We'd Rather Take a Chance with the Diseases

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When Max Sullivan was born two years ago, his father Paul, a 41- year-old IT consultant, and his accountant mother Karen, 34, were prepared for their first foray into parenthood.

'We bought the best pram we could, a Bugaboo. It's like a tank,' says Paul. 'We checked toys were safe and bought stairgates and caps for the corners of the tables for when he started walking. And when he was two months old we followed the doctor's orders and took him for his first set of immunisations: the five-in-one jab that combines the DPT - diphtheria, pertissus (whooping cough) and tetanus, polio and Hib (haemophilus influenzae type B) vaccines. We took him for boosters at three and four months, as instructed.'

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Why We Refuse to Give Our Babies Jabs ; (1) Experts Claim They Are Selfish, Irresponsible and Endangering the Lives of Their Children - and Yours. But More and More Middle- Class Parents Are Saying No to Vaccinations(2) Vaccines Are Like Playing Russian Roulette... We'd Rather Take a Chance with the Diseases

The couple were model parents. But then Paul and Karen received a letter inviting Max to have the new meningitis C jab. 'It seemed like too much to be giving such a tiny baby,' says Paul. 'We started to look into it online and read reports of headaches and swollen arms to meningitis-like symptoms that have put some children in hospital. 'The nurse did call and try to persuade us but she couldn't provide us with hard facts about how safe it was and we decided to call things to a halt.'

The couple chose to stop vaccinating their son and instead use a healthy diet to boost his immune syst...

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