why are some ppl making a huge deal about the tdap shot? as if the someone who doesn't get it will automatically give your child the whooping cough. the shot came out in 2005. I'm sure all of you were born before 2005 and are perfectly fine and healthy. me personally, I got the shot because the hospital said I had to before I left. I didn't make anybody else get it. I just didn't allow anyone who was sick around my kids. and who came around them, I made sure they washed their hands with soap and water. I wouldn't keep a family member from my children because they didn't get a shot that never existed until 2005. my daughter is turning 4 and my son is almost 2 months old and they are perfectly fine. my daughter never got anything worse than a cold. to each it's own though.