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TheRickles

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5. Babies born to mothers with Hep B (ie, IV drug abusers) are at high risk of getting Hep B.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 09:50 PM

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Apart from this small and readily identifiable segment of the population, Hep B is extremely rare in newborns, and the risk/benefit ratio for vaccinating all newborns is negligible.
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