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Is the Thimerosal-free vaccine safe for pregnant woman?

I“m not really planning on getting the flu vaccine, I’ve read far to many things regarding the unreliability of the vaccine and ‘potential risks’. However my doctor has told me about a thimerosal free/ preservative free vaccine. In my uneducated mind, I see this as being… the antigen and water to hold it – yeah I know.

Does anyone know what is actually in it and if it still contains a cocktail of chemicals I wouldn’t want to give to my beautiful baby still growing?

I’m from New Zealand – living in NYC, and over there there is no pushing of the vaccine to pregnant woman at all and you are not made to feel like a bad ‘mother’ for not getting a vaccine where the research seems to be so divided.
Thanks.

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