Whooping Cough Propoganda

[EmmaClaire]

I'd love to know why - and maybe someone from BabyTalk Magazine can help me with this - there is a huge campaign urging parents to get vaccinated for Pertussis to help protect the young babies who are too young to be fully vaccinated...

when the pertussis vaccine is not even known to prevent transmission. It is documented as possibly making symptoms milder in the vaccinated individual, but it does NOT prevent infection and transmission. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no5/pdf/srugo.pdf - see "conclusion."

Hypothetical situation: So here I am, a concerned parent flipping through BabyTalk magazine, and I come across a full page ad telling parents that the "best way to protect your baby is to protect yourself with a pertussis booster." (which by the way is labeled as a "public health service by Sanofi Pasteur" indicating that this was a FREE ad) and as a result I run out and ask for the shot, not realizing that the implication of suppressed infection is total BS based on nothing. And the ingredients of the booster are risky to my health and may cause long-term chronic illness.

Propoganda. Babytalk/Parenting, please stop helping the vaccine manufacturers mislead parents into buying unnecessary, risky, potentially harmful medical treatment. Please check into the facts before printing such ads again.

[baby2comin]

I am sure there is a push to make $$ from vaccines but it's not true that it can't be verified that the vaccine can't work. 29 out of every 30 cases of Whooping Cough are caught by the unvaccinated.

[Karen75]

There have been several outbreaks of whooping cough in my area due to parents leaving their children unvaccinated.

"And the ingredients of the booster are risky to my health and may cause long-term chronic illness."

This could be said in relation to just about anything. DRIVING is extremely risky to your health. Airbags can cause small injuries when deployed, yet they are far better than the massive injuries/death that would result without them. If vaccinated, you'll likely have zero side effects and protect your baby from a life-threatening disease.

One of the first things I did after giving birth to my daughter was ask the hospital to give me a pertussis booster. Whooping cough is not dangerous to adults, but it certainly is to infants. The best way to protect my daughter is to protect myself.

Be thankful that you live at a time where diseases can be easily controlled via vaccinations. Child mortality was extremely high in the past.

[sridevinuthakki]

Till how many years should a born baby be vaccinated