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From: avinash@ubvax.UUCP (Avinash Marathe)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: pertussis (whooping cough) innoculation
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 12:13:42 EST
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Keywords: pertussis, whooping cough, side-effects

In article <300@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> abulloch@violet.berkeley.edu.UUCP () writes:
>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
>
>Anthony Bulloch


According to Dr. Dean Edell of KGO radio, exactly the opposite is true i.e.
the danger of getting whooping cough is greater than the danger of getting
side-effects from the innoculation.  So he strongly recommends getting your
children innoculated.  I know he means what he says because he has given
the shots to his own children.  He admits that the vaccine is not perfect
but feels that it's safer to get vaccinated than not.  

Because more people are not vaccinating their kids whooping cough is on the 
rise in many states.

Avinash Marathe
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