Whooping cough cases reach highest level in a decade
Source: NBC News
Dec. 23, 2024, 1:01 PM EST
Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have reached the highest annual total in a decade, with as many cases tallied in the last 12 weeks as in the entire rest of the year.
As of mid-September, about 14,500 cases had been recorded nationwide since the beginning of the year. That number climbed to more than 32,000 as of Dec. 14, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That's a six-fold increase from the same time in 2023, when more than 5,100 cases had been recorded. The total for 2022 was even lower, at roughly 3,000 cases.
Experts attribute the high case tally to a combination of factors. For one, whooping cough cases dropped to levels far lower than average during the Covid pandemic, so a jump back to pre-pandemic patterns was expected. However, this years total is significantly higher than 2019s, likely due to waning vaccine protection, lower vaccination rates and improved testing, they said.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(51,238 posts)Richard D
(9,434 posts)I feel sorry for all the children whose parents were frightened out of vaccinations by Brain Worm, et.al.
murielm99
(31,515 posts)urged us not to forget those vaccinations for our children. His voice was wistful. He said he had seen a child die of that disease.
My mother claims I had it and survived it as a child. I am 76. There probably was no vaccine to prevent it when I was small.
BonnieJW
(2,605 posts)I'm 75 and just got a DPT shot since I didn't get one as a child. With all the talk of eliminating vaccines, pandemics are right around the corner
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,836 posts)And measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, and anything else I might have missed.
Sheesh.
Rhiannon12866
(224,249 posts)And here I thought it had been eradicated since then.
EarthFirst
(3,195 posts)to expose ones child to preventable disease just to own the libs with their junk science; YouTube University worldview on vaccine research.
Timeflyer
(2,721 posts)Anyone who's watched infants coughing and struggling to breath...
Martin68
(24,719 posts)numerous other easily prevented diseases. Is smallpox going to make a comeback?