Obviously you don't want your kids to die of something, especially something with such a dumb name, but I promise you that you also don't want them to have to go through the symptoms of a non-fatal case of something SO EASILY AVOIDABLE.
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It wasn't diagnosed, but it was at the time of a wave in my age group, so I believe the cough I had in sixth grade, by which I mean all but straight through sixth grade (caught early in the year and didn't shake it until summer) was pertussis.
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Coughed so much my lungs, or whatever in there has nerve endings, hurt. Coughed so much I couldn't get a decent amount of sleep. And that was theoretically "mild," bc I was older and my vaccine immunity was waned rather than nonexistent. Not recommended for small beings.
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