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Deadly Whooping Cough, Once Wiped Out, Is Back
NPR ^ | 8/14/2010

Posted on 08/14/2010 9:15:14 PM PDT by markomalley

California is in the midst of its worst outbreak of whooping cough in a half-century. More than 2,700 cases have been reported so far this year — eight times last year's number at this point. Seven of the victims, all infants, have died.

And here's what really worries pediatricians like UCLA's Harvey Karp: Doctors thought they wiped out whooping cough when they developed vaccines decades ago.

The disease hits young children hardest, especially ones who are not vaccinated or who have not yet built up full immunity. The prescribed vaccination regimen begins with a shot at two months and continues until children are 5 years old. For many children, it can take that long for complete immunity to develop — and until then, they're vulnerable.

The California epidemic has raised plenty of questions about the role of vaccination and the increasing numbers of parents who decide not to vaccinate their children. California's Department of Public Health cites three schools in the state where 80 percent of parents have signed a "personal belief exemption" to keep their children from being vaccinated.

That's part of what's behind this epidemic, Dr. Karp tells NPR's Guy Raz. "And it's in part because the immunity of people who were immunized earlier has waned," he adds.

In fact, Karp estimates that 75 percent to 90 percent of whooping cough cases occur in teenagers and adults, for whom it is not deadly. Most adults may experience only a lingering cough. The danger occurs when adults and teenagers — whose immunity wanes around 12 years old — contract whooping cough and unwittingly give it to infants.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; immigration; outbreak; pertussis; publichealth; vaccinations; vaccines; whoopingcough
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To: NittanyLion

You are not aware...period.

Try reading the pamphlets that come with the shots.

Still not going anywhere near a needle.

BOO!


61 posted on 08/18/2010 7:36:03 AM PDT by OhioBuckeye ("Here sir, the people govern." - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Notary Sojac; GGpaX4DumpedTea

Notice, ever since I asked for some facts, DumpedTea has suddenly become scarce...


62 posted on 08/18/2010 8:23:36 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: OhioBuckeye
You are not aware...period.

Feel free to enlighten me with the facts at any time.

63 posted on 08/18/2010 8:24:29 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

I asked you for your ‘credentials’...where are they, Mr Nit?


64 posted on 08/18/2010 8:45:56 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: NittanyLion; Notary Sojac

And btw, Mr Nit, take you vendetta elsewhere. If you want facts, Google your own. They are there, in abundance.


65 posted on 08/18/2010 8:48:14 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
You have my credentials as posted in #60.

I am a hospital administrator and spent more than ten years managing outpatient clinics. Including dealing with vaccinations and their occasional side effects.

And based on that experience, let me say, one more time, with bold-face text and with feeling:

The claim that "vaccines cause autism" is bat s--t, bug-f--ck, lunacy.

66 posted on 08/18/2010 8:50:47 AM PDT by Notary Sojac ("Goldman Sachs" is to "US economy" as "lamprey" is to "lake trout")
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To: Notary Sojac

Are you Mr ‘Nit’, or Mr ‘Not’? I did not ask for your credentials, and being a hospital administrator does not make you an authority. But I care less, I know the truth, even if you want to hide your head in the sand of Allopathy, so be it. And btw, I think you do know the truth, but are bound not to speak it.


67 posted on 08/18/2010 9:00:25 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea; NittanyLion
I read your answer to mean: there are no credentials which you believe would substantiate an opinion contrary to your own.

If instead of giving you my real background, I lied and said I was a PhD/MD with forty years experience in immunology, I'd expect you to give the identical response: either I'm deluded by allopathy, or I'm out and out evil.

And if that's the case, why would you bother asking about credentials at all?

68 posted on 08/18/2010 9:28:54 AM PDT by Notary Sojac ("Goldman Sachs" is to "US economy" as "lamprey" is to "lake trout")
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
I asked you for your ‘credentials’...where are they, Mr Nit?

My credentials have no bearing. You made the assertion; either you have the facts to back it up or not. If you have them, post them. If not, be outed as someone spreading falsehoods.

I won't hold my breath waiting.

69 posted on 08/18/2010 2:34:21 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

Your credentials do have a bearing. You are making assertions and spreading falsehoods. You are personally attacking me. There is no need to do that. That is a typical leftist thing to do...you sound like one.


70 posted on 08/19/2010 3:32:02 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
Your credentials do have a bearing. You are making assertions and spreading falsehoods.

This post is as dishonest as your earlier posts. In #25 you stated, "Vaccines kill or maim many more than the diseases they are supposed to wipe out." Then in #39 you made the claim, "Think Autism...known to be caused by mercury in vaccines."

You're made the assertions, and I've simply stated that they're not true. The onus, however, is on your to support your statements.

I've not seen you post any citation or sources for those claims. I suspect that's because there are none. But as a show of my own good faith, here's a legitimate scientific article to get you started:

Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism

71 posted on 08/19/2010 6:06:33 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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