Whooping Cough Surging in Valley, Health Office Says

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" Whooping Cough Surging in Valley, Health Office Says "

Modesto Bee (CA) (www.modbee.com/local/story/11072043p-11829617c.html)

(08/11/05) P. B1; Carlson, Ken

Health officials in the San Joaquin Valley say the number of whooping cough

cases there is rising, with 28 cases reported in Stanislaus County so far

this year, compared with just 13 for all of 2004. Meanwhile, Children's

Hospital Central California has already treated nearly four times as many

children for whooping cough than it did last year. Cases have been

reported among young children, adolescents, and adults as old as 62 in

Stanislaus County, according to county health agency spokesman .

The Stanislaus County Health Services Agency has been alerting doctors and

school nurses. The outbreak is being partially attributed to the waning

efficacy of the whooping cough vaccine starting five years after the last

dose is administered to young children. Local officials expect a newly

approved booster vaccine to be available in the San Joaquin Valley in about

six weeks.

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Well, they couldn't get people interested in a booster if they didn't have a

" rise " in the number of pertussis cases, now could they? First you have to

scare the public, then... ta da! There's a booster shot available, isn't that

convenient? Marketing/scare tactics, just like they do for the flu vax every

year.

Kay

Whooping Cough Surging in Valley, Health Office Says "

Health officials in the San Joaquin Valley say the number of whooping cough

cases there is rising, with 28 cases reported in Stanislaus County so far

this year, compared with just 13 for all of 2004. Meanwhile, Children's

Hospital Central California has already treated nearly four times as many

children for whooping cough than it did last year. Cases have been

reported among young children, adolescents, and adults as old as 62 in

Stanislaus County, according to county health agency spokesman .

The Stanislaus County Health Services Agency has been alerting doctors and

school nurses. The outbreak is being partially attributed to the waning

efficacy of the whooping cough vaccine starting five years after the last

dose is administered to young children. Local officials expect a newly

approved booster vaccine to be available in the San Joaquin Valley in about

six weeks.