Actually, my new born twins contracted whooping cough from me (i caught it in hospital) at 37 weeks gestational age. They were only 3 weeks old at the time. They nearly died and one of them had a stroke due to the violent coughing. If I as a pregnant woman had been offered a pertussis booster as is the practise in several other countries (and perfectly safe during pregnancy!) this would not have happened. Reduced herd immunity and lack of booster vaccines in this country are responsible. Please stop spreading the myth that vaccination is a bad thing. A hundred years ago many many young children & babies died from whooping cough - it is a nasty, harrowing disease.
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Actually, my new born twins contracted whooping cough from me (i caught it in hospital) at 37 weeks gestational age. They were only 3 weeks old at the time. They nearly died and one of them had a stroke due to the violent coughing. If I as a pregnant woman had been offered a pertussis booster as is the practise in several other countries (and perfectly safe during pregnancy!) this would not have happened. Reduced herd immunity and lack of booster vaccines in this country are responsible. Please stop spreading the myth that vaccination is a bad thing. A hundred years ago many many young children & babies died from whooping cough - it is a nasty, harrowing disease.
January 20, 2012 - 4:54pmSandrine Pickering
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