This, from the article, indicates the danger of not being vaccinated.:
From 2000 through 2014, there were 277 deaths from whooping cough reported in the United States, according to the CDC. Almost all of the deaths (241 of the 277) were babies younger than 3 months of age, who are too young to be protected against whooping cough by getting the shots.
But, an updated vaccine is needed as some strains are pertactin-deficient. http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/pertactin-neg-strain.html
Sorry, but I’m not going to get worked up over 20 deaths per year from a disease. It’s horrible that those people died. But I will not jump on the mandatory vaccine bandwagon. Just like the measles “outbreak” early in the year. If you look at the historic death rates from both the disease and the vaccine they are both exceedingly low. Life is about choices that are yours to make and no one else’s.