What a load of cr*p. The article cited in the post says the reason for increasing pertussis infections is lack of vaccination.
The rate of pertussis peaked in the 1930s, with 265,269 cases and 7518 deaths reported in the United States. This rate decreased to a low in 1976, when 1010 cases and 4 deaths occurred because of vaccines.
It is these anti-vaccination people who are killing others, not vaccinated healthcare workers who are immune to the disease. If all adults would get their TDAP boosters, the disease would be back to 1976 levels.
Pertussis vaccines do not confer lifetime immunity. It is the unvaccinated parents and caregivers that are the problem.
I’m surprised that daycare workers aren’t required to be vaccinated as a part of the licensing process.
What a load of cr*p.Our kids were all vaccinated as babies, but I was very hesitant at the time I remember. I think when Jesus left His Body on earth (via the Last Supper), He also left ample healers as well (not that God didn't have them in place prior). I would like to see more emphasis (and time) placed on discovering these healers. I truly believe they are out there!
The problem with most of the childhood vaccines is that adults need boosters and most of us simply don't know that. We get them all when we're kids and we think that we're fine for life.
Years ago our (then) family doctor gave me a bit of advice: Vaccinate against all the "bad" stuff (measles, mumps, polio, whopping cough, etc), don't vaccinate against the minor stuff (chicken pox in children and the flu vaccine unless there is an additional medical reason for doing so) and *never* take a vaccine or medicine that's brand new. Side effects sometimes aren't evident until it's been released into the general population for several years.
We've followed this advice for almost two decades and managed to avoid several potential problems. It's reassuring to start hearing about the lawsuits and horrors from a medicine or vaccine that a doctor has recommended for you, and to know that you're not in that camp.