Dr. Fritz Mooi' et al's research, which can be found at the CDC website by searching "pertussis mutation," supports Joanna's position. Here is one of their articles: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/8/1206.htm, F. Mooi et al, "Bordetella pertussis Strains with Increased Toxin Production Associated with Pertussis Resurgence," in "Emerging Infectious Diseases" 15(8), August 2009.
As one Korean researcher wrote, pertussis has not been a vaccine success story. In the US we still hear "Vaccinate! Vaccinate! Vaccinate!" Yet with vaccinated people being carriers that transmit the disease, the disease changing in response to vaccination, and immunity lasting only a few years, maybe it's time to take a step back and reconsider whether natural immunity was best in the long run. It is those who are too young to vaccinate, babies in the first two months of life, who are most at risk. Interestingly, we give the hepatitis B vaccine to newborns on the first day of life, when any vaccine will decrease general immunity for a time after being given. Perhaps we should reconsider this practice to best protect newborns from diseases such as pertussis.
JoAnn Faryon also supports Joanna's statements in her article, 9/7/10, "Is Whooping Cough Vaccine Working?" http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/sep/07/whooping-cough-vaccine-working/
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Dr. Fritz Mooi' et al's research, which can be found at the CDC website by searching "pertussis mutation," supports Joanna's position. Here is one of their articles: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/8/1206.htm, F. Mooi et al, "Bordetella pertussis Strains with Increased Toxin Production Associated with Pertussis Resurgence," in "Emerging Infectious Diseases" 15(8), August 2009.
As one Korean researcher wrote, pertussis has not been a vaccine success story. In the US we still hear "Vaccinate! Vaccinate! Vaccinate!" Yet with vaccinated people being carriers that transmit the disease, the disease changing in response to vaccination, and immunity lasting only a few years, maybe it's time to take a step back and reconsider whether natural immunity was best in the long run. It is those who are too young to vaccinate, babies in the first two months of life, who are most at risk. Interestingly, we give the hepatitis B vaccine to newborns on the first day of life, when any vaccine will decrease general immunity for a time after being given. Perhaps we should reconsider this practice to best protect newborns from diseases such as pertussis.
JoAnn Faryon also supports Joanna's statements in her article, 9/7/10, "Is Whooping Cough Vaccine Working?" http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/sep/07/whooping-cough-vaccine-working/
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