Do you think that the risks are higher with diseases like whooping cough, or with the vaccines?
Baby's Near-Death From Whooping Cough Is Why Moms Should Vaccinate
Seeing a baby hooked up to oxygen and feeding tubes is totally and completely gut-wrenching for any parent. And as I sat today and watched a news clip about a 4-month-old baby named Everlee who almost died after a bout with whooping cough,
I couldn't help but feel my stomach sink a bit. Whooping cough is an
"old disease" that we are suddenly hearing about again because more and
more parents are refusing to vaccinate their kids. And that's just scary.
Poor little Everlee was just a few weeks shy of receiving her shot against the disease. But a child who was likely un-vaccinated at her 9-year-old sister's school happened to contract whooping cough before that, and the sister likely brought it home on her clothing because of how contagious the disease is, which is how doctors think Everlee probably caught it. And then she wound up in the intensive care unit fighting for her life.
Granted, I realize that there are extremely strong opinions and arguments for why babies shouldn't be immunized, and I'm not trying to discount those or be even remotely insensitive. However, when the health and well being of small children come into play, I just don't see how anyone could not want to protect them from a disease that really shouldn't be floating around anymore at all.
Back in November, someone in my extended family had their 9-year-old son come down with whooping cough, and the whole house wound up getting quarantined. There were several other kids at his school who got it as well -- so it was almost a mini-epidemic. I remember being scared for my son's safety in his own school and I sighed with relief at the fact that he's been vaccinated against whooping cough. Hopefully we won't have to worry about it going forward should it wind up in our town. But young babies who haven't yet had their shot are constantly at risk.
The decision of whether or not to vaccinate is a personal choice, and it's a very passionate debate that isn't going to disappear anytime soon. Unfortunately, however, neither are these kinds of diseases if people keep fighting the vaccines.
Do you think that the risks are higher with diseases like whooping cough, or with the vaccines?
1. Speculation is not enough to make me think any unvaccinated child "caused" the baby's sickness.
2. I'm pretty sure that DTaP is on the schedule before four months.
3. To answer your question, DTaP has the highest connection to SIDS of any vaccine and can not be treated like whooping cough can. Admittedly, whooping cough does make me nervous for the first six months, but especially since I breast feed, which is the BEST way to prevent and treat whooping cough, I've concluded that DTaP is far scarier than whooping cough.
Not enough info in this incredibly bias article.
Plus if my children r sick...they stay home...
Quoting borgen0128:
How do we know it was from an unvaccinated child? I know of children that got the vaccine, but still contracted it.
Not enough info in this incredibly bias article.
I know some folks get sick but isn't always too severe. And the vaccine is just too risky.
Also is it the vaccine or an awareness for how to better deal with a sick person??
Before a vaccine was available, pertussis killed 5,000 to 10,000 people in the United States each year. Now, the pertussis vaccine has reduced the annual number of deaths to less than 30. But in recent years, the number of cases has started to rise. By 2004, the number of whooping cough cases spiked past 25,000, the highest level it's been since the 1950s.
I think the risks are much higher giving this vaccine than not. Its important to BF your children to protect them as babies from it.
Quoting jellyphish:
"But a child who was LIKELY un-vaccinated at her 9-year-old sister's school happened to contract whooping cough before that, and the sister LIKELY brought it home"
1. Speculation is not enough to make me think any unvaccinated child "caused" the baby's sickness.
2. I'm pretty sure that DTaP is on the schedule before four months.
3. To answer your question, DTaP has the highest connection to SIDS of any vaccine and can not be treated like whooping cough can. Admittedly, whooping cough does make me nervous for the first six months, but especially since I breast feed, which is the BEST way to prevent and treat whooping cough, I've concluded that DTaP is far scarier than whooping cough.
I think it really depends on the age of the baby contracting it. I delayed vax, but that was one of the first vaccines I insisted on.
Quoting jellyphish:
3. To answer your question, DTaP has the highest connection to SIDS of any vaccine and can not be treated like whooping cough can. Admittedly, whooping cough does make me nervous for the first six months, but especially since I breast feed, which is the BEST way to prevent and treat whooping cough, I've concluded that DTaP is far scarier than whooping cough.
I would like to see your findings on this. I haven't seen anything supporting DTaP being linked to SIDS.
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on Feb. 13, 2012 at 10:12 AM