A third infant in Kentucky has died from Pertussis (whooping cough) this year. All three infants were unvaccinated and their mothers had not been vaccinated during their pregnancies as is routinely recommended. Cases in Kentucky and nationwide are rising very quickly. There have been 25,000 cases in the US this year. Although, there were 34,000 cases in 2024, the numbers are continuing to climb.
This is 2025. Children in the US, with universal access to immunizations, should not be dying from preventable infections. The CDC should be promoting immunizations, supporting the science that has overwhelmingly proven that the vaccines that are routinely recommended and given to our children are effective and safe. Instead, the science is being ignored. Statements without any basis are being posted as fact and changes are being made by a hand picked few who have views that support the nonsense. To quote Richard Rowlands from 1919, “the lunatics are running the asylum.”