by Karen Creamer | Jan 20, 2019 | Vaccines
I used to tell people to read the package insert before they made a decision about whether or not to get a vaccination. I directed them in particular to review the ingredient list and the side effects. I used to say, “Make a pros and cons list to weigh the potential benefits against the known risks.”
These things are vitally important to educate yourself about prior to getting a vaccine.
And then the truth came out about Infanrix
Corvelva, an Italian company, decided to test some vials of every vaccine to find out what they contain. The first vaccine they studied was ‘Infanrix Hexa’. [As an aside, I can’t help but note that the distressing name, “HEXa”, turns out to be foreshadowing …] Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Jan 1, 2019 | The BRAVE Interview Series, The BRAVE Interviews
Here is this month’s BRAVE Interview with Amy Irvine!
1. WHO are you? By trade, I’m a financial planner. I use the term “planner” and not advisor because I think there is massive confusion around that title.
I grew up without wealth, but in a family with a strong work ethic.
The women in my family were amazingly ahead of their time. They had strong personalities. My great-grandmother and I were very close from birth. Perhaps that is because I shared her name and because I spent so much time with her. Her middle name was Grace, and she represented it in so many ways. She reminded me that I could do anything and neither my gender nor my economic status was ever to be used as a limitation. I fell into my profession at 22. I was looking for something that would use my accounting degree, but didn’t know what that was and I was lucky enough to be hired by a small trust department. I am also a wife, a daughter, a volunteer and, hopefully, a trusted friend. This is my most important role, although right now the business I started in 2015 is “hogging” me. Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Jan 1, 2019 | The BRAVE Interview Series
Here is this month’s BRAVE Interview with Amy Irvine!
1. WHO are you? By trade, I’m a financial planner. I use the term “planner” and not advisor because I think there is massive confusion around that title.
I grew up without wealth, but in a family with a strong work ethic.
The women in my family were amazingly ahead of their time. They had strong personalities. My great-grandmother and I were very close from birth. Perhaps that is because I shared her name and because I spent so much time with her. Her middle name was Grace, and she represented it in so many ways. She reminded me that I could do anything and neither my gender nor my economic status was never to be used as a limitation. I fell into my profession at 22. I was looking for something that would use my accounting degree, but didn’t know what that was and I was lucky enough to be hired by a small trust department. I am also a wife, a daughter, a volunteer and, hopefully, a trusted friend. This is my most important role, although right now the business I started in 2015 is “hogging” me. Keep reading
Karen Creamer
