Even if it was entirely safe there would be little to recommend it, but in fact it is also one of the more hazardous vaccines in current usage. It is always difficult to obtain accurate information concerning the ill-effects of vaccination because administrators of the vaccine are always unwilling to attribute such untoward reactions to the vaccine. This means that for every million children vaccinated there will be approximately 2,000 suffering from moderately severe reactions including screaming episodes and drowsiness, whilst 60 will suffer from severe reactions. These included destructive encephalopathy, hypsarhythmia, shock, uncontrollable screaming and serous meningitis. Apart from these reactions he also reported skin and gastrointestinal complications.
Whooping cough is a mild condition in otherwise healthy children and leaves no permanent damage.
When correctly treated it serves only to enhance health. Whooping cough vaccine is generally of low efficacy and carries considerable risk of side effects which may include permanent brain damage. Lowering of whooping cough rates does nothing to alter the general mortality rate. The suppression or prevention of acute conditions may lead to later degenerative conditions of a much more serious nature. We can only conclude that whooping cough vaccination is not at present advisable for normal children in the U.K. but may be useful for children who live in overcrowded conditions and suffer poor nutrition.