One VERY important fact....

50% of the time the pertussis comes from a parent who did not even know that they had it, learn how you can stop that in it's tracks....ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT THE PERTUSSIS BOOSTER VACCINE FOR ADULTS AND OLDER CHILDREN. Adults and older children typically get over pertussis without ever knowing they had it, some do not even get so much as cold while carrying the virus, but they can spread it (it spreads like wildfire) to a baby in a heartbeat, in just one instance of contact and that baby can loose their life. Adult cases are never diagnosed because they think it is nothing or just a cold or maybe even bronchitis.