The reason why whooping cough is still around is that a lot of people don't realise that they are only immune for 10 years. 80% of babies who get whooping cough contract it from their mother. It would be great if you could protect your daughter by just keeping her away from anyone who is sick but in reality it's not the case. I am not trying to convince you either way as I agree that you need to make an informed decision, please just make sure that you obtain your information from true evidenced based articles - not scaremonger websites.
Nope, I got all my information from proper clinical studies.
"It would be great if you could protect your daughter by just keeping her away from anyone who is sick but in reality it's not the case"
Actually, it is. To get whooping cough you need to be with someone who has it, for at least a couple of hours, and be coughing and spitting and so forth, which is why it is rife in child care and hospitals.. My baby doesn't go anywhere without being in my sling, and isn't in care. If any of her siblings were sick, I'd keep them away... many of unvac'ed kids never catch anything, because there parents are careful.. If infected people stayed away from everyone else, and didn't spread it, then it wouldn't be around. I find people and parents who still go to care, school and work while sick are much more responsible for spreading any diesese than an unvac'd person!!
JMO of course....theres not much chance of my unvac'ed daughter giving anyone anything...but the rest of the vac'd society?? well.....they are the 98% spreading it...
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