Whooping cough germ mutating

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I am new to the group. As I was perusing the letters, I felt compelled to

respond to this one.

All three of my non " pertussis " immunized children came down with whooping

cough this winter. Apparently, they got it from fully immunized me.

Simultaneously, a very contagious upper respiratory infection which consisted

of a lengthy cough and other symptoms was spreading around my community.

When I took my first child to an MD, without him even hearing her cough, he

demanded that she be tested for pertussis. He threatened to report me to the

State if I refused the test for her. The test came back positive and we then

had to jump through all kinds of hoops with the Health Officer and the

school. An article even appeared in the local newspaper (thankfully, it

didn't mention her name).

What I ended up discovering is that doctors will only suspect pertussis if

the child has not been immunized. At the same time, I came upon the article

mentioned and I realized that there was a pertussis epidemic in my town and

nobody was descerning this becauses all of these people had been immunized.

So, rather than unimmunized kids being any kind of a threat to the immunized

population, they are the " canary in the coalmine " that should tip off the

health department of an epidemic.

I could elaborate but I must get back to work

Peggy Snyder

[Guest guest]

Peggy~

Hi, and welcome! Would you mind if I cut and pasted

this to my group? Thanks!

~Donna

--- jillydog99@... wrote:

> Hi everyone,

>

> I am new to the group. As I was perusing the

> letters, I felt compelled to

> respond to this one.

>

> All three of my non " pertussis " immunized children

> came down with whooping

> cough this winter. Apparently, they got it from

> fully immunized me.

> Simultaneously, a very contagious upper respiratory

> infection which consisted

> of a lengthy cough and other symptoms was spreading

> around my community.

>

> When I took my first child to an MD, without him

> even hearing her cough, he

> demanded that she be tested for pertussis. He

> threatened to report me to the

> State if I refused the test for her. The test came

> back positive and we then

> had to jump through all kinds of hoops with the

> Health Officer and the

> school. An article even appeared in the local

> newspaper (thankfully, it

> didn't mention her name).

>

> What I ended up discovering is that doctors will

> only suspect pertussis if

> the child has not been immunized. At the same time,

> I came upon the article

> mentioned and I realized that there was a pertussis

> epidemic in my town and

> nobody was descerning this becauses all of these

> people had been immunized.

> So, rather than unimmunized kids being any kind of a

> threat to the immunized

> population, they are the " canary in the coalmine "

> that should tip off the

> health department of an epidemic.

>

> I could elaborate but I must get back to work

>

> Peggy Snyder

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I wanted to pass this letter along to everyone. Sandy

Hi everyone,

I am new to the group. As I was perusing the letters, I felt compelled to

respond to this one.

All three of my non " pertussis " immunized children came down with whooping

cough this winter. Apparently, they got it from fully immunized me.

Simultaneously, a very contagious upper respiratory infection which

consisted

of a lengthy cough and other symptoms was spreading around my community.

When I took my first child to an MD, without him even hearing her cough, he

demanded that she be tested for pertussis. He threatened to report me to

the

State if I refused the test for her. The test came back positive and we

then

had to jump through all kinds of hoops with the Health Officer and the

school. An article even appeared in the local newspaper (thankfully, it

didn't mention her name).

What I ended up discovering is that doctors will only suspect pertussis if

the child has not been immunized. At the same time, I came upon the article

mentioned and I realized that there was a pertussis epidemic in my town and

nobody was descerning this becauses all of these people had been immunized.

So, rather than unimmunized kids being any kind of a threat to the immunized

population, they are the " canary in the coalmine " that should tip off the

health department of an epidemic.

I could elaborate but I must get back to work

Name withheld upon request