Ravi
Diamond Member
I don't disagree with you, but I have to say when we moved and got a new doctor and told him my son couldn't have the pertussis portion, he said okay, and the nurse brought out a full DTP. God, if I hadn't looked at it...It isn't always that, Annie. My son had a reaction to the DTP shot that was traced to the whooping cough portion and he was never allowed to get that particular vaccine again.If my infant died, because you wouldn't immunize yours for the now debunked claim of ties with autism, I'd damn well sue you if I knew it was your kid that was the carrier.
Ignorant isn't the correct word for these ijits.
and that indeed is why parents are warned to watch for certain symptoms after the initial dose. As you found, they drop that portion then of the 3, but I'm assuming you took care to protect him and others regarding the other two.
That's what 'caring and responsible' people do. Especially 'intelligent' people that understand statistics and how diseases spread. Other than infants, the elderly, and those with serious health issues, whooping cough is rarely fatal but still is awful from what I've heard. I've never known anyone that had it and I'm over 1/2 century old.
The quacks with their crap studies and the fools that buy into them should be held responsible.