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From: abulloch@violet.berkeley.edu
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Subject: pertussis (whooping cough) innoculation & side-effects
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Date: Sat, 8-Feb-86 18:19:04 EST
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Keywords: pertussis, whooping cough, innoculation, side-effects
Summary: request for info./advice etc. re whooping cough innoculation


Our nine-week old daughter is coming up for her first innoculations 
(pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria: DTP). In the last few years there has been
a lot of controversy over the possible side-effects of the pertussis part
of these innoculations, with some arguing (especially in England) that the
dangers of the side-effects from the innoculation are larger than
those arising from the disease itself.  We are doing some research into
the latest literature of this, but would be very interested to have any
info. that anyone has about the current state of research and opinion,
and to hear the experience and opinions of others. It can be difficult
sorting out medical orthodoxy and/or vested interest from the actual
state of research on something like this, it seems.

Anthony Bulloch
Classics Dept.
UCBerkeley
Ca. 94720