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In reply to the discussion: I've Got Whooping Cough. Thanks a Lot, Jenny McCarthy. [View all]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...there's always a lot of kid and kid activities at the Y. So soon as I heard that booster shots wear off, I got one along with my flu shot. Just to add: When I initially heard of the whooping cough outbreak among kids, there was no added message in the news about adults getting it. I thought I was safe for life. It was later news stories that let me know I wasn't and should get a booster shot. IF:
(1) I hadn't gotten that info about booster shots in time OR
(2) I hadn't been in a situation where I was ever around kids and thought myself safe OR
(3) I'd been younger and wrongly thought that my original shot might still be good (i.e. that only people over a certain age need the booster shot)
...then like this lady, I might not have gotten it. But I did get it and made sure my husband got it.
Just to add, this is yet another example about the importance of getting our nation on a health plan. Imagine how many people may not have gotten the booster shot simply because they're not on a health plan and rarely go to the doctor. I know that when I go to any doctor now, the nurse taking my blood pressure checks my file to see if I've gotten that shot. And he/she will inform anyone who hasn't gotten it that they should and give it to them right there and then if they want it.