Anyone NOT having the whooping cough vaccine?

[Bluepetra]

Im not on here to sway anyone either way, for or against but I'm not entirely convinced I need to have this vaccine. I'm not anti vaccine, but this one has too many negatives for myself. Has anyone else decided not to have it ?

These are short term effects...what about longer term? I think the comment about 'everyone getting their back up' on the subject is what it feels like to those who do question or want more information, the reactions of 'you're an idiot if you think this' or 'how irresponsible'.

As far as I can see those of us who are questioning are not saying 'I am definitely not having' or 'I refuse' we are doing our on research.

You talk about herd immunity....well I could talk about her mentality... I'd rather spend some time looking into my decisions than blindly following the masses because 'that is what I was told by my midwife'. My community midwife has misinformed me / inadequately informed me on several occasions and I have only met her 3 times!

Do not judge people or try and 'win' them over because of their views, everyone will do their own risk assessment. Rightly or wrongly they are doing what they see as best for their baby, mother hood is full of these decisions.

Then we are all doing our research. I have posted links to peer reviewed scientific papers both supporting and highlighting possible areas of concern. Research

Dottiemad, there is no heroism involved in refusing to accept the aggregate of scientific opinion.

Since when is stillbirth a "short-term effect"?

I really don't understand why so many people are so reluctant to believe the opinions and research of those who know a damn sight more about medical science than they do.

Is it understandable to want to know more about a drug or vaccine you take ? Yup, I think it is. As a scientist, if I'm prescribed something I'll read up on it. But crucially, I understand where to go for reliable data. That's not random Internet sources!

As I've said before, there's a strange mix of paranoia and gullibility here. People mock scientists in the media (how many times have you heard a woman be praised for being smart? How many times have you heard people/ the media refer to 'boffins' etc?)

Some People want easy answers. They don't want to get a basic understanding of epidemiology and statistics. So they turn to 'experts'on the web and bang, the damage is done.

There are also several posters on this thread who have asked genuine questions, listened to the answers and taken those answers on board. That's exactly what is needed - people being able to say 'I'm not sure about this' and being able to get an answer that they understand and are happy with. If we had more of that we'd have fewer people fooled by pseudoscience!

My sister was not offered this vaccine and had her baby by elective c-section four weeks ago.

Her baby was admitted to hospital just before the weekend (and is still there) as she kept coughing and turned blue when she did. Results have just come back to say it IS whooping cough.

Baby is being monitored and is doing much better. My sister took her baby to be checked out at the start of last week and was told baby had mucus/a cold! It's a good thing the midwife who came to discharge her at home had more sense!

Please vaccinate yourself!