# Vaccinations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinations/422929>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 16, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinations/422929 "2007-10-16T18:55:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lissak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lissak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissak)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinations/422929/1 "2007-10-16T18:55:32Z")

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Was just reading your archived item on vaccinations - and since I’m pregnant this grabbed my attention - as many things do these days. I just wondered, I know that there is a flu vaccine that comes mercury/thimerosal free (specifically recomended for pregnancy by many doctors) - have they done this for other childhood vaccines yet? If not, why?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinations/422929/2 "2007-10-16T22:57:11Z")

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bump

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinations/422929/3 "2007-10-16T23:01:10Z")

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I think you are talking about this column by Cecil: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/070608.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/070608.html)

Accordingly, I’ve moved this thread to Comments on Cecil’s Columns.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinations/422929/4 "2007-10-16T23:58:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Lissak]  
Was just reading your archived item on vaccinations - and since I’m pregnant this grabbed my attention - as many things do these days. I just wondered, I know that there is a flu vaccine that comes mercury/thimerosal free (specifically recomended for pregnancy by many doctors) - have they done this for other childhood vaccines yet? If not, why?  
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You can rest easy, as almost all vaccines are mercury free. See this table: [http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm](http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm)