I don't know for sure and it would be worth doing more research. It seems it is one of those things that is only worth vaxxing for at a young age as perhaps the risk isn't there when older. Personally I'd be erring on the side of skipping it but I'd call the vaccination information line and ask them exactly what you just asked. Is it just a risk for children under two? I know the rotavirus risk isn't an issue in older children as the potential for a fatality is much less as they grow. The same really for whooping cough. You don't actually need the vaccine when older, except for protecting younger children.
As a side note, I just noticed the DTaP vax is available (with IPV) for 4 year olds. I wonder if you can request this for younger children if you just want to protect against whooping cough, tetanus and polio? We're currently not vaccinating our children as they are both suffering detoxification issues but we would like to vax against tetanus and polio when they're a bit older and we'll be going for this vaccine, plus individual vaccines such as hep B if we travel to high risk areas.





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