Is it okay to postpone the baby's vaccination?

Many parents want to know whether the baby's vaccination can be postponed, but they need to understand that vaccination must be given according to the prescribed time, and vaccination usually cannot be given in advance. If it is really necessary, it can be postponed, but the time cannot be too long. It is best to get the vaccine in time within the prescribed time.

1. Can the baby's vaccination be advanced or delayed?

1. Vaccines cannot be administered in advance, but can be postponed if necessary.

2. From a scientific point of view, taking the vaccine one day or three days in advance will not affect its effectiveness and safety, but if it is allowed, it would violate the instructions and break the rules.

3. Once this loophole is opened, there will be more and more irregular operations, which may eventually cause medical accidents and harm your own children.

4. The impact of delayed vaccination on babies can be easily analogized by an analogy: What are the consequences if you do not wear a seat belt when getting in a car?

5. Getting vaccinated is actually like putting an insurance belt on your health. It doesn't matter when you fasten your seat belt before a car accident happens, as it is considered remedial measures. Likewise, getting the vaccine at any time before you contract the disease is considered beating the disease.

2. If the vaccine is given late, do I need to start over from the beginning?

The general principle for booster shots for routine vaccinations is: get as many shots as you missed, no need to start over.

The general principle for booster shots is: give as many shots as you missed, and there is no need to start over. Only a very small number of vaccines need to be re-administered. For example, for a typhoid vaccine used in the United States, some experts have suggested that if the regular doses cannot be completed within one cycle, revaccination is required.

3. Some vaccines can be omitted after a certain age

Yes, indeed. For example, the rotavirus vaccine is not given to people over 4 years old, the Haemophilus influenzae vaccine is not given to people over 5 years old, and the hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine is not given to people over 5 years old.

4. Will I be protected from infectious diseases after vaccination?

Vaccination is the most economical and effective means to prevent and control infectious diseases, but its success rate is not 100%. The protection rate of most vaccines is > 80%. Due to special reasons of the individual vaccine recipients, such as low immune response capacity, immune failure after vaccination may occur. However, a large number of studies have shown that even if the disease occurs after vaccination, the clinical manifestations after the disease are much milder than those who are not vaccinated.