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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Think we all had it after Halloween….
That horrible cough![/quote]

Actually, around Halloween whooping cough was rampant in the area, but few doctors think to test for it. Most people's immunity has long worn off.[/quote]

Whooping cough had become an issue for the last 10+ years.  Our Dr office is recommending kids in their 20s get the vax every 5 years rather than waiting until 10 (it's Tdap, and typically you only get it after 5 years if you have a tetanus exposure requiring it).  Reason why: because "you are the age where you and your friends will start having babies and you don't want to risk giving WC to someone's infant who cannot yet be fully vaxed."  Makes sense to me.

We have neighbors whose fully vaxed 13 yo go WC a decade ago (area had an outbreak).  They missed 2 months of school and were hospitalized for a few weeks.  It was a long recovery and definately not something you would want anyone to experience.  This teen had no health issues prior to this, just got unluckily exposed.  [/quote]
Are you worried about a quad-emic? (whooping cough, Covid, Flu, RSV?) Is whooping cough definitely covered in the TDAP vax?  Also is it okay to get the new Covid vaccine and the TDAP together?[/quote]

DP...the "P" in TDAP stands for pertussis, also known as whooping cough.[/quote]

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