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Vaccinations are not mandatory for Australian Defence Forces personnel.However, “Failure to consent to vaccinations may lead to members being deemed non-deployable, and could result in a review of their fitness to continue serving in the ADF.” [1][1][1][1]Image Credit: RAAF. Medical personnel in the field.ADF personnel in full-time service are required to maintain routine vaccination, which comprises immunisation against several diseases, including measles mumps and rubella.The majority of routine vaccinations are included in the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule (ASVS). Other vaccines, such as hepatitis A and typhoid are not part of the ASVS and will usually need to be given upon entry to the ADF.Some members may require additional vaccinations which provide protection against diseases considered a risk for operational deployments, including biological weapons like anthrax; or to which some personnel may be particularly susceptible. Defence personnel may also require protection against diseases for which no vaccine is registered in Australia.The Joint Service Document explains that a member must give consent to receive any vaccination — and only after they are provided material on the risks and benefits of vaccination so that they can make an informed decision.The policy also outlines that ADF personnel may require particular vaccinations because they have increased susceptibility to certain diseases. Examples include influenza vaccine and meningococcal C conjugate vaccine.The requirement for 10-yearly boosters for diphtheriatetanus vaccine varies from the ASVS. The reason for this is that immunity to diphtheria wanes after 10 years. Although the disease is now extremely rare in Australia, it is endemic in many countries in which ADF personnel may deploy.Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all ADF personnel, according to the policy. It is voluntary unless listed in the health support plan for a particular deployment. Personnel considered to be particularly at risk for influenza are:those recruited before and during the influenza season;personnel who will be at training establishments during the influenza season;ships’ personnel;health care workers;personnel deploying to an area where the influenza season is current; andpersonnel deploying to the tropics at any time of the year.Anthrax, Botulinum Toxoid, Influenza, and Smallpox are among the possible biological warfare agents ADF personnel may encounter worldwide. Therefore, vaccines against these and other naturally-occurring diseases with the potential to be weaponised, are provided where necessary.Some of the less common vaccines are registered by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. The remaining vaccines are not registered in Australia, and their use must be in accord with legal and procedural constraints.Service personnel authorised to undertake recreational travel are entitled to receive vaccinations that are clinically indicated for the area being visited at Service expense. This entitlement, however, does not include the member’s dependants.—Source: Australian Defence Force Publications; Joint Services Document; Personnel Series; Immunisation procedures; 1.2.2.1.Footnotes[1] Joint Health Command[1] Joint Health Command[1] Joint Health Command[1] Joint Health Command

No vaccines aren’t bad for you, but unfortunately there have been a lot of false reports that have scared people into thinking that. So it may be that your parents don’t know that thise studies were falsified and reserved to specific vaccines. These are common misconceptions.At 13 there are only a handful of shots you should need still. Meningococcal c, meningococcal b, & Tdap, all of which if they are concerned with will just require some education, see if you can talk to the doctor with them about it.There is one more that is a little more controversial, that’s the HPV. The reason that they might be balking at that one is Human Papilloma virus is spread through having sex. Often parents feel it will promote sexual activity in their child. Also if you are a boy, it doesn’t cause cancer later in life for you, only if you are a girl. So some parents feel like it is unnecessary if their child is a boy. Both of these aren’t strong arguments but they are valid.But what is also valid at the age you are at, is your opinion. You can likely consent to the vaccines regardless of your parents choice.

I studied chemistry and even 50 years ago we were careful with mercury. It is very toxic.2 ppb = EPA limit for drinking water.4 ppb = Prenatal mercury vapor exposure was found to cause decreases in nerve growth factor and other effects in newborn rat brains.20 ppb = Neurite membrane structure destroyed (Leong et al., Neuroreport 2001; 12: 733-37).25,000 ppb = Concentration of mercury in the Hepatitis B vaccine, administered at birth in the U.S., from 1990-2001.50,000 ppb = Concentration of mercury in multi-dose DTaP and Haemophilus B vaccine vials, administered 4 times each in the 1990's to children at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 18 months of age.50,000 ppb = historical "preservative" level mercury in multi-dose flu (94% of supply), meningococcal and tetanus (7 and older) vaccines.Mercury levels are only one worrying facet of vaccinations. Some parents may not want their children being injected multiple times with thousands of times the level of mercury that is known to cause problems. Of course, some parents may not mind.I was around when thalidomide was thought to not cause birth defects. Where I now live (NZ), any statistics between vaccination and adverse side effects are deliberately ignored. i.e. if a child is vaccinated one day, and has an adverse reaction say 48 hours later, it is deemed to be unrelated.In the early 1900’s there was a problem in the Phillipines with the US smallpox vaccination program there. More people contracted smallpox, and more people died (yes, the vaccinated ones) than before the program began (read the report, especially the recommendation - there should be more smallpox vaccinations!). There are still horror stories happening with vaccination programs.When you see a graph of polio cases dropping after mass child vaccination programs started in the 50’s/60’s, ask to see how the cases were dropping BEFORE the vaccination program began. Hmm - it was already dropping rapidly.Am I saying that no-one should be vaccinated?No, but I do believe in INFORMED CONSENT.