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Friday, July 20, 2012

Whooping Cough: Worst Year For Pertussis In 5 Decades, CDC Says

ATLANTA — The U.S. appears headed for its worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades, with the number of cases rising at an epidemic rate that experts say may reflect a problem with the effectiveness of the vaccine.

Nearly 18,000 cases have been reported so far – more than twice the number seen at this point last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. At this pace, the number for the entire year will be the highest since 1959, when 40,000 illnesses were reported.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

According to the article provided with the link the health investigators are trying to figure out why this is happening. It's very simple. Immigrants are bringing this stuff in with them. Same as what happened years ago when TB made it's rounds in a CA neighborhood. Was traced to a young child, who had been recently admitted into the country. I believe it was almost 60 people who were directly linked to have caught it from the boy.

Anonymous said...

The effectiveness of the vaccine or the steadily increasing numbers of vaccination deniers?

Anonymous said...

Seems to me the cdc said kids didn't need all those immunizations. Not that very long ago.

Anonymous said...

Another danger of illegal immigration.

Anonymous said...

2 thoughts-
1) Parents refusing routine vaccinations such as Pertussis (whooping cough) due to fears of side effects ( autism, etc, that have not been clinically proven)
2) Lax immigration health requirements- remember Ellis Island and what immigrants had to do, health checks, and mandatory vaccinations?
There is no way possible to track and trace immigrants, unless they enroll their children in school, and thank your school nurses for making sure the kids get immunized if they need them.