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1. Whooping cough, it's not just for children.

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 03:36 AM

19 hrs ago

If you are a senior ask your health care provider if you should get a tdap vaccination to protect yourself and any infants with whom you might have contact. From the CDC (ignore the inane political comment at the top):

https://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/hcp/vaccine-recommendations/index.html#:~:text=Immunity%20to%20pertussis%20following%20Tdap,protection%20against%20tetanus%20and%20diphtheria.

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As whooping cough cases rise, newborns most at risk, experts say [View all] riversedge 20 hrs ago OP

Whooping cough, it's not just for children. markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #1

It does seem kinda self-contradictory, doesn't it? ananda 13 hrs ago #5

IGNORANCE is bliss with this crowd. ProudMNDemocrat 11 hrs ago #6

Bring out your dead. Next up. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #4

A baby in MS has died from pertussis. barbtries 10 hrs ago #7

This disease tortures patients CharleyDog 7 hrs ago #8