Whooping cough cases skyrocket in Texas, quadrupling last year's numbers - ABC News

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Whooping cough cases skyrocket in Texas, quadrupling last year's numbers - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/whooping-cough-cases-skyrocket-texas-quadrupling-years-numbers/story?id=127435069



Texas is currently seeing four times the number of whooping cough cases compared to the same time last year, the state’s health department said in a health alert.

The state has reported more than 3,500 cases this year. This is the second year that Texas has experienced high increases in whooping cough cases.

Nationally, whooping cough cases have been higher in the past two years than levels seen in prior years and pre-pandemic.

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The higher numbers of cases in recent years come as vaccination rates for whooping cough have steadily dropped, CDC data shows. Roughly 92.1% of kindergarteners were vaccinated against whooping cough in the 24-25 school year, compared to about 95% before the pandemic started.

[RockRaven]

1. And pertussis is no mere inconvenience. It is very dangerous to infants.

In children under the age of one year, the hospitalization rate is 50% (1 in 2) and death rate is 0.5% (1 in 200).

Refusal to vaccinate oneself or one's children for pertussis is psycho behavior.

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2. Any parent who denies

Life saving medicine for their children should be charged for child endangerment and God forbid, manslaughter