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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious if anyone knows how many illnesses actually constitute this outbreak?

I am also curious if the pediatrician, OB, delivery room nurses and other nurses at the hospital are current in their vaccines.  OP, your baby is going to be exposed to dozens - maybe hundreds - of people in their first months of life who are not vaccinated.  It seems really crazy to make this huge fuss about your in-laws, unless you are going to refuse to let anyone else (whose vaccination status is unknown to you) not hold the baby either. [b] The good thing about pertussis is that it is hard to miss. [/b] If MIL is sick at all, obviously that would be the time to refuse to allow her access to your baby.[/quote]

Is this true?  In an newspaper article I read recently, the person had a cough for a couple of week that went undiagnosed-- assumed it was just allergies or a standard cold.[/quote]

In a baby, the cough is very distinct and easy to identify. In fact, there are sound bytes on the internet as to what it sounds like in a baby.

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