{"id":15472,"date":"2025-12-18T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=15472"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:18:27","slug":"do-whooping-cough-vaccines-do-good","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/do-whooping-cough-vaccines-do-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Do whooping cough vaccines do good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChildrensHD\/status\/2000023098976858575?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>,\u00a0Dr. Suzanne Humphries claims that whooping cough vaccines are unnecessary and ineffective because deaths dropped before vaccines were introduced, the vaccines do not stop disease spread, they may cause stronger germs to develop, and natural infection protects communities better than vaccination.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Suzanne Humphries, a doctor of nephrology (kidney medicine), says she used to give vaccines to her patients, but during the 2008\u20132009 flu season, she was convinced that vaccines cause kidney failure and high blood pressure. She based this belief on personal experiences, not scientific evidence. Personal stories can be wrong because of mistakes or bias. In fact, the National Kidney Foundation still says vaccines are safe and<a href=\"https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97&amp;id=5679acaf85&amp;e=7362aa7434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D5679acaf85%26e%3D7362aa7434&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1766126163696000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0AzTMAS9Q5eGDZgAXgaWa5\">\u00a0recommends<\/a>\u00a0them.<\/p>\n<p>The United States began vaccinating against pertussis, also called whooping cough, in the 1940s. Before vaccines were widely used, about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfid.org\/infectious-disease\/whooping-cough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">200,000 people<\/a>\u00a0got the disease each year, and around 9,000 people died from it. Today, far fewer people get pertussis each year, and fewer than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1122996\/us-pertussis-deaths-number\/?srsltid=AfmBOootP0WxRcwr2XyPCmFe6xa9qrba0lTdki6p3zuoU7no3QJFp0Tr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 people<\/a>\u00a0die from it.<\/p>\n<p>Some studies show that getting pertussis naturally may protect someone for a longer time than the vaccine does. However, before vaccines, thousands of people died from pertussis every year. Because of this, we do not agree that getting the disease naturally is better than getting vaccinated.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whooping cough vaccines save lives. This post explains why natural infection is riskier, and what the science really says about vaccine safety and effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[199,210,218],"class_list":["post-15472","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-childhood-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-pertussis","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15476,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15472\/revisions\/15476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=15472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}