PKIDs - Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases

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New mom and award-winning actress Keri Russell joins PKIDs in encouraging moms and dads, babysitters and grandparents to get vaccinated against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, to protect themselves and the babies in their lives from this terrible disease.



PKIDs’ Flu’s Gonna Lose campaign kicks off the 2007–2008 flu season.The campaign urges family and community members to spread the health by refusing the opportunity to experience the vagaries of this deadly disease and instead, offer up an arm to immunization, wash our hands, cover our coughs and sneezes, and stay home to stop the spread of disease.

Thank you for answering these questions about pertussis. Your responses are anonymous.

True	False
		Pertussis is also called whooping cough.
		Pertussis is a virus.
		Pertussis spreads the same way a cold spreads.
		Pertussis is not a fatal disease.
		Pertussis is most harmful to young babies.
		Only children are vaccinated against pertussis.
		Most babies are infected by the adults around them.
		Pertussis can lead to pneumonia.
		There are fewer pertussis cases now than 30 years ago.
		I am a parent.
		I am 19 or older.

Have a question and haven't found the answer? Ask one of PKIDs’ experts for help.

	Dr. Phil Rosenthal Hepatology
	Dr. Paul Offit Immunizations
	Dr. Jane Aronson Infectious Diseases
	Dr. Sharon Humiston Immunizations
	Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco MS, CPNP Public Health Nurse

Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

We think this is true and invite you to experience the joy of giving.