Pertussis vaccine campaign features Michigan couple sharing story of infant daughter's death

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http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/pertussis_vaccine_campaign_fea.html

Pertussis vaccine campaign features Michigan couple sharing story of infant daughter's death
By Sue Thoms
on April 24, 2013 at 8:07 AM, updated April 24, 2013 at 9:32 PM
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Francesca was born Feb. 24, 2012, and became ill in mid-May. Her parents said they saw four doctors who did not recognize the signs of pertussis.
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The McNallys called pertussis a ?dangerous and deceptive disease? that aggressively attacks the lungs. Despite the common name ?whooping cough,? it often does not cause the characteristic whooping sound...