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[quote=Anonymous]Apparently they haven't seen the CDC commercials on TV noting that babies are likeliest to catch whooping cough (which can be very dangerous to infants) from family members who are not vaccinated. Someone else posted that it's not likely your in-laws would get pertussis but you have no way to know that. And the flu this year is a strain that is vicious; I know three people who have developed pneumonia directly after getting this year's flu (and they all had shots).

You also need them to have shots because people are contagious BEFORE any symptoms show, with flu and pertussis too. You can't rely on the idea that "Well, if they're not seeming ill it's fine." You can be contagious with flu for 24 hours before you show a single symptom or have a fever. If they say, "Well, this year's flu isn't covered by the vaccine so why get it at all?" they need to hear that getting the current flu shot can at least help reduce the duration and severity of the flu, even if you end up with a strain of flu that's not directly included in the vaccine.

I would have your husband tell them: They need to get a flu shot and a pertussis shot. Your husband needs to handle this with them, not you. He should not bring up "Wife's parents have done this, you must too" because that'll get them defensive and riled against your own parents. I would simply tell them that the pediatrician insists on it, due to the bad flu season this year and the fact that pertussis is most often passed along by family members who do not know they have it.

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