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post #41 of 45
12/8/07 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by lyttlewon View Post
Tetanus isn't a communicable disease.
Oops. Yup. I knew that. Not sure where my brain was!
post #42 of 45
12/8/07 at 9:40pm
superlori, I'd say you've gotten the message! Except for one point.

You would be exposing ANY infant/child/adult vaccinated or not. Vaccines aren't 100%, so all "fully immunized" means is that they are POTENTIALLY protected from severe cases of pertussis and are likely silent carriers.

"Do it for Sophie" is a joke.
post #43 of 45
12/8/07 at 11:26pm
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Originally Posted by delphiniumpansy View Post
... So, yes, you could still pass it to an infant but the idea is that there is less pertussis with the vaccine and that cases are less severe.
It would not make a difference whether the infant was contaminated by a vaccinated or unvaccinated person. The bacteria in the infant would act the same.


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Polio has been eradicated in the USA. If I recall correctly, that Amish case was found to originate in another country and was brought back in to the USA.
No it was from a vaccine virus.


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Originally Posted by wallacesmum View Post
The whoop is a symptom from the toxoid, right?
The whoop is mostly in a very young child because the trachea is narrow and the air while exhaling makes that sound. Older kids generally don't have a whoop and neither do grow-ups of course.


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And if you aren't hacking all over your grocery cart, you might be less likely to pass it on. So I can see it affecting transmission in that respect.
I don't think it is spread that easily. You have to come in close contact like kissing or cuddling a baby. And anyone can spread the bacteria. You don't have to be coughing.
Even a person who has no cough can spread it if they carry the bacteria.



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Originally Posted by superlori View Post
It's been a long time since I've done my research on this particular disease.)
But you did remember correctly!
post #44 of 45
12/9/07 at 12:42pm
Gitti, you don't cuddle with your grocery cart?
post #45 of 45
12/9/07 at 12:50pm
Looks to me like six of one, half a dozen of another.

If you do vax, you can still carry and share pertussis. You can even get sick with pertussis, although you might not cough as hard. The problem here is that you might not realize that you've got pertussis and that means you could be wandering around sharing it with vulnerable people, in blithe ignorance.

If an adult doesn't vax, they can still carry and share pertussis. They might get sick with pertussis, have a mild case and still go around coughing and sharing it, in blithe ignorance. There is a slightly greater chance of correct diagnosis if an adult is not vaxed.

As far as I know, I've never had pertussis. Not once in my entire life. According to something MK posted many threads ago, some people can have it and be completely symptom free. This seems to be true in my family as I've never known anyone in my immediate family to have pertussis. But I could still be carrying it and sharing it. A nasty, tricky, sneaky disease, that one is.
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