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RE: Why we vaccinate for whooping cough during pregnancy
Hello @nonzerosum,
Thank you for taking the time to address this topic. It is great to see the program proved to be successful (it was heart-breaking to read and picture babies undergoing such harsh symptoms, and dying from them).
Hopefully, people will realize that, health systems, such as the NHS, and others around the world do care about individual's well-being. And the development and achievement of such programs, like the one you discuss here, stand to demonstrate this.
All the best :)
Hi @abigail-dantes, thank you for your comment. Yes, some of my work in the past has been to put together videos of babies with whooping cough. That was some of the most distressing work I’ve ever had to do, I dread to think what it would feel like to see it in real life.
I think people do. Despite being chronically underfunding, trust in the NHS still remains high and recently we even hit 95% vaccination for the MMR vaccine for the first time ever. This pregnancy vaccine is currently taken by around 75% of mothers, which is pretty great considering how new this process is.