Whooping Cough in Children

Emily Ferland
Soc 202-01
September 24, 2010
4:50 PM

Many states recommend that young children are immunized with at least four doses of the whooping cough vaccine by the age of three. Twenty seven states have lowered that amount of dosage, which is resulting in the spread of the disease because the dosage just isn't enough. Some of these states allow parents to have children go without the vaccinations because of their "strong beliefs" against vaccinating their children. Such states like Texas, Ohio and California are states that allow this "strong beliefs" law. The biggest problem with these beliefs are that of the states with the highest counts of whooping cough, all three of these states fall into that category. Many of these states do not enforce adults to become vaccinated either, this causes for great concern. Children can contract the virus from those who have go with out vaccination. Infants are at the highest risk for virus because they have absolutly no immunity to the virus.

Globally and internationally this causes for great concern. The biggest concern with this virus is that nationally, many states do not enforce parents to have their children vacinated. A child is at great risk with out any sort of vaccination. Another concern is that whooping caugh is not just a national crisis, it is also international. Such virus' can kill infants and young children. In many countries, families can not afford such costs for healthcare and vacinations.

Internationally this is a social problem. The problem can be fixed by states enforcing that their children become vacinated. Although this is easier said than done, others may occur it would be a social problem because parents are being enforced to do something that they feel is not right for their child.


http://www.examiner.com/infectious-disease-in-rochester/low-vaccination-rates-drive-whooping-cough-outbreak