Summary
Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have surged to over 32,000 in 2024, marking the highest annual total in a decade and a six-fold increase from 2023.
Experts attribute the rise to waning vaccine immunity, declining vaccination rates, and improved diagnostic testing.
Infants are most vulnerable, with severe cases requiring intensive care, and unvaccinated children are at highest risk.
Vaccination rates have declined despite high levels. Health officials urge vaccination to combat the resurgence, emphasizing the disease’s potentially fatal complications.
So many children will die…
I once heard a baby with whooping cough. I’m almost crying now just remembering. I think that sound would change the mind of many anti-vaxxers, except by the time people hear it, it is too late to prevent their anti-vax beliefs causing harm
After suffering horribly first.
“It was clearly their time, they’re in a better place now 🙏”
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