"Janet" > wrote in message
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> In article >, says...
>>
>> Of course I can't prove anything. But this link says that the shot
>> protects
>> 7 out of 10 people who get it.
>>
>> http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/r...ctiveness.html
>
> Gawd you're a sloppy reader.
>
> That's talking about the Tdap vaccine given to teens and adults.
>>
>> Clearly my daughter and my mom were not the protected ones.
>
> Your daughter got the childhood whooping cough vaccine (called DTaP)
> .. did she finish the who9le schedule?
>
> From your link
>
> "Since the childhood whooping cough vaccine (called DTaP) has been
> used since the 1990s and almost every child gets it, we have study
> results on long-term protection. In general, DTaP vaccines are effective
> for 8 or 9 out of 10 children who receive them. Among children who get
> all 5 doses of DTaP vaccine on schedule, effectiveness is very high
> within the year following the 5th dose"
>
> Janet UK

Yes. She is up to date on all of her shots.