Walter Einenkel
Cormit Avital decided against getting the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination before her pregnancy. She had always been healthy and had stayed away from needing medications and the like through out her life. Like many anti-vaxxers, her empirical evidence seemed bulletproof to the mountains of scientific evidence out there. But after she gave birth to her daughter, Eva, she found out she had pertussis—whooping cough. Her child had contracted it, and while it took a couple of weeks to become serious, Cormit and her daughter have now been spending their days and nights in hospital.
Being the healthy, fit, organic woman that I am I said ‘leave me alone. I don’t need this crap.’ And even me, the bullet-proof lady that’s never been to a doctor, traveled the world and felt very healthy, got the whooping cough. I got over it very quick, it was nothing for me but she [Eva] is too weak for...and every hour I’ve got to stay here, watch her going blue. Give her oxygen. Watch her cry. Watch her having a hard time eating. She’s my only child, and my first, and if I could turn back time I would protect myself.
According to the BBC, Eva is improving and they hope to leave the hospital in the coming weeks. You can watch the whole message here.
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