Pertussis can kill, and you can help stop it

Pertussis, known commonly as whooping cough, is a highly contagious disease. It's bad for anyone to get, but in infants it can result in death. We have a vaccine that inoculates people against the bacterium. Yet, because not enough people get this vaccine, we're seeing pertussis (and measles) outbreaks in many, many places. And who suffers? Babies too young to be vaccinated. I want you to watch the following video. It's a segment on the Australian 60 Minutes program, which deals with this issue plainly and truthfully. It's an extremely difficult video to watch, as you'll see (I had to turn my head several times, to be honest) but it's also extremely important that everyone sees it.