[nmh]

If the mother does NOT have hepatitis B then there is NO reason to inject an newborn with it. The immune system of a child doesn't start kicking in till they are TWO years old. TO inject a defenseless infant with all these germs is unjustified.

[spunkets]

" The immune system of a child doesn't start kicking in till they are TWO years old."

The immune system is working immediately. The componenets of the vaccine are recognized as foreign antigens immediately and the immune system sets up the response to rid them and keeps watch for future occurrences of those antigens.