On 10/30/2014 4:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Janet" > wrote in message
> t...
>> 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.

So is my dog!

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