All the kids had it??
ALL.THE.KIDS.WERE.VAXED.
None of the 18 unvaxed kids caught it....
This makes no sense.
There is also this article describing how the vax is actually making people more susceptible
Because of linked-epitope suppression, all children who were primed by DTaP vaccines will be more susceptible to pertussis throughout their lifetimes, and there is no easy way to decrease this increased lifetime susceptibility.
https://academic.oup.com/jpids/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jpids/piz005/5359449?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Last edited by marymoo86; 03-20-2019 at 06:14 PM.
Immunity for the vaccine is 4-12 years it appears. It is hard to pin down because it's not always reported.
Immunity for the pertussis disease is also not permanent, 4-20.
The practice around here is to have any adults that take care of newborns, parents, grandparents, etc. to get a booster.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15876927
Rationally this is much more due to adults choosing not to vaccinate themselves combined with a vaccine that only provides temporary protection. I bet a lot of adults choose not to get this shot for themselves, but don't consider themselves to be anti-vaxxers. Only a very small percentage of children are not vaccinated, and in my state parents do not have a choice in the matter unless they can find a doctor willing to do a medical exemption, which is hard to do and expensive.