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DELAY TACTICS
by Debra Melani
As More Parents Seek Alternative Vaccine
Schedules, Pediatricians Sound Alarm
By the time Jessica Troy faced the vaccine question for her first-born child, she was well-entrenched in a
"crunchy" lifestyle. Her baby was born at home. She had ruled out pain medication from the start. And as for
breast-feeding? No question. So when she told her pediatrician she had vaccine reservations and wanted a
delayed schedule for little Elijah, now 7, that's what she got.
