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If vaccine preventable diseases like pertussis (or whooping cough) are rare, why are the vaccines needed?

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If vaccine preventable diseases like pertussis (or whooping cough) are rare, why are the vaccines needed?

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Many of these diseases still occur in other parts of the world. With the number of people who travel into and out of our country, these diseases are only a plane ride away. The choice not to give vaccines is not a risk-free choice. Choosing not to vaccinate is a choice to risk getting this often deadly disease.

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