PKids' Campaign: Silence the Sound of Pertussis

As I told you here, PKids has launched a campaign to get all children and adults vaccinated against pertussis, "Silence the Sound of Pertussis".

Below the fold, bloggers who have joined the campaign.  Tell your friends.  Write about the campaign.

From Pertussis.com: Complications of Pertussis

• Young infants are at highest risk for pertussis-related complications, including seizures, encephalopathy (swelling of the brain), otitis media (severe ear infection), anorexia (severe restriction of food intake) and dehydration.
• Pneumonia is the most common complication and cause of infant pertussis-related deaths.
• Whooping cough can be life-threatening for infants who are not fully vaccinated.  In fact, over the last decade, 80 percent of whooping cough deaths occurred in infants under 6 months of age.
• In adolescents and adults, whooping cough can cause severe coughing that can make it hard to breathe, eat, or sleep, and can result in cracked ribs, pneumonia, or hospitalization.

Up to half of the infants who contract pertussis acquire it from a parent or other caregiver.  Recently, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that all adults and caregivers of children to be immunized against pertussis, which will then prevent transmission to young infants. 

I will be updating this silently, as I find more posts.  Feel free to leave a comment alerting me to posts.

Posts just about the campaign:

• Angry Professor: An Open Letter to My Hippy Neighbors
• Bama Moms: Whooping Cough
• Busy Mom Reviews: PKids.org
• Chica Nuts: PSA on Whooping Cough
• Chief Family Officer: Silencing the Sound of Pertussis
• Domestic Diva: Silence "Whooping Cough" for Good
• ER Nursey: Whooping Cough
• A Family Story: More Information
• Glam.com: Pertussis or Whooping Cough on the Rise
• Healthsifter by Mary Pinkowish: Hear Pertussis
• Jensen Family: Re-Immunized
• Left Brain/ Right Brain: Why Immunise?
• Low Country Blogs: Raising Your Awareness of Many Things
• MomReviews: Silence the Sound of Pertussis
•  Moms Buzz: Pertussis or Whooping Cough on the Rise
• Respectful Insolence: Another Consequence of Not Vaccinating
• Sugar Mommy: cough cough, hack hack, but no whooping

Posts about Keri Russell as spokesperson:

• Bio-Medicine: Actress and New Mom Keri Russel Joins PKids' "Silence the Sounds of Pertussis" campaign
• California Academy of Family Physicians: Campaign Launched
• Celebrity Moms: Keri Russel on PKids and Silencing Pertussis Campaign
• Celebrity Gossip World: Keri Russell on PKids
• PR Newswire: Actress and New Mom Keri Russel Joins PKids' "Silence the Sounds of Pertussis" campaign
• Spike: Actress and New Mom Keri Russel Joins PKids' "Silence the Sounds of Pertussis" campaign