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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't weigh in on whether to enforce vaccination, but I do want to provide some information to the PP who indicated that Pertussis is easy to recognize.  Please take a look at this LA Times article: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-whooping-cough-20100907,0,4190790.story

While easy in older children, in infants below six months it can be very difficult to identify and may have few symptoms: 
"Initial symptoms of the bacterial disease in infants are deceptively mild and can lull physicians into a false sense of security.

"It's a tough diagnosis because the babies, they don't look very sick. They don't have a fever. And they have a runny nose and a little cough," said Dr. James D. Cherry, a UCLA pediatrics professor and an expert on pertussis who has reviewed the eight infant deaths."
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EIGHT infant deaths. That alone is worth anyone getting a vaccine. People aren't dying from getting the vaccine - they are dying from NOT getting it. I think that poster waxing on about dementia should think about her own paranoia.[/quote]

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