big increase in pertussis
September 2012
You'll hear about a big increase in pertussis...DESPITE vaccination of kids and adolescents.
This raises suspicions about whether there's a problem with the vaccine. And in fact, that is a concern.
About 15 years ago, ACELLULAR pertussis vaccines replaced the WHOLE CELL vaccines for immunizing infants.
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