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RockRaven

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3. Not only preventing illness, but death. Pertussis is very dangerous to babies.

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:23 PM

8 hrs ago

In kids under one year of age, getting pertussis requires hospitalization in 50% of cases (1 in 2) and results in death in 0.5% of cases (1 in 200).

These antivax people should be asked to their face "why do you want to kill your baby?"

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