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In reply to the discussion: Forget about Ebola. Look what the anti-vaxxers are doing to California [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)23. Actually, it can't.
The antibiotic is used because it reduces transmission of the disease - the sick person has a harder time spreading it thanks to the antibiotic. It has very little effect on the disease in their body.
So it's entirely up to the sick person's immune system to fight off pertussis. A healthy 8-year-old will do so in about 3 months. An infant has a good chance of suffocating, thanks to the coughing. An immunocompromised 8-year-old....let's just say they will have a very unpleasant time.
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Forget about Ebola. Look what the anti-vaxxers are doing to California [View all]
RandySF
Oct 2014
OP
Why bother? If evidence was at all useful on this subject then antivaxxers would not exist.
jeff47
Oct 2014
#34
I didn't say whooping cough is like the common cold. A cold can't be prevented or treated
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#35
I imagine that ridiculous personal belief exemption has something to do with it.
NuclearDem
Oct 2014
#6
I wonder who they'll blame when their child falls ill with a preventable disease.
Arkansas Granny
Oct 2014
#9
And I bet the well-to-do have more exposure to disease, with all the travelling they do.
DebJ
Oct 2014
#16
Dr. Mercola should be in jail or at least forced to face the children who catch these illnesses
Quixote1818
Oct 2014
#21