Posted on 12/27/2015 8:13:24 PM PST by daisy12
DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. – Pertussis – commonly known as whooping cough – is a serious bacteria. It causes spasms of severe coughing, which can cause those who have it to vomit and lose breath. In the worst cases, it can be deadly. In recent weeks, it made its way to two schools in Davie County.
The first case was reported on December 7. Today, the school system reported 13 confirmed cases, 11 in Davie High School, and two in the early college.
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The spread of whooping cough is most easily prevented by receiving the DTaP shot. However – and this is particularly troubling – all 13 of the people confirmed to have Pertussis had gotten the vaccine.
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slightly old article but I didn’t see it posted.
Who knows? Maybe it’s a resistant strain of the disease brought here by the illegals and/or “refugees.”
One of the consequences of the Kenyan’s “executive action” open borders policy.
Interesting that mandatory vaccinations where a hot topic for the last 3+ years.
Just the “dreamers” giving back to America.
That is indeed extremely troubling. One or two who’d had the shot but still got ill would be one thing,but ALL of them? That is not good. And I presume these are young, generally healthy people.
Indeed.
Diseases mutate, and it is quite possible we’ve had immigrants who carried a new strain evolved from the one the vaccinate works against into our population.
Generally only infants are vaccinated for pertussis. The vaccine only provides immunity for several years if there is no revaccination. So, people older than elementary age generally have no immunity to it unless they have been revaccinated, but revaccination of older children is not included in the standard vaccination schedule. People who actually get pertussis though are typically immune for 30+ years.
My internist follows the recommendation to have a tetanus revaccination (Td/Tdap - which includes the vaccine for whooping cough) every ten years. I hope that the whooping cough vaccine that is being given in the US hasn’t been “outraced” by mutating bacteria from overseas.
When a country does not secure its borders, the infected pour across. We’re headed toward becoming a third-world country.
The vaccinations also carry a risk of death.
Fundemental transformation alright!
The vaccinations also carry a risk of death.
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As does driving to the grocery store to pick up a bottle of Advil.
I suspect driving kills more.
I suspect driving kills more.
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I’m pretty sure you’re right. I’ve had a number of friends and acquaintances killed in automobile accidents over the years but none who have died from vaccination complications.
Untrue. Kids get revaxed before they start school at age 4 or 5, and again in Junior high.
As for adults, any time you get a ‘tetanus shot’, it’s now a TDaP complete with pertussis as well.
Just like with antibiotic overuse, the bugs are mutating around vaccines as well.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/7/pdfs/01-7708.pdf
“In the Netherlands, as in many other western countries, pertussis vaccines have
been used extensively for more than 40 years. Therefore, it is conceivable that
vaccine-induced immunity has affected the evolution of Bordetella pertussis.
Consistent with this notion, pertussis has reemerged in the Netherlands, despite
high vaccination coverage. Further, a notable change in the population structure of B. pertussis was observed in the Netherlands subsequent to the introduction of vaccination in the 1950s. Finally, we observed antigenic divergence between clinical isolates and vaccine strains, in particular with respect to the surface-associated proteins pertactin and pertussis toxin. Adaptation may have allowed B. pertussis to remain endemic despite widespread vaccination and may have contributed to the reemergence of pertussis in the Netherlands.”
I had never received such a wrath as of those from anti vaccine Freepers. They are a vicious bunch. One prolific poster especially, who condemned me to hell, for supporting vaccines. (you know who you are...mmmmmK.)
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