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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Ask your doctor about getting multiple Vaxes at same time.  Me personally, I only get one at a time so my body can do it's job and build immunity accordingly (I also have autoimmune diseases so could overreact to any shot).

Tdap has always covered Whooping Cough.  From my research, the issue seems to be that going 10 years might be too long for WC coverage, and since it had largely been wiped out in the USA until last decade (thanks anti-vaxers), we largely considered TDap for it's Tetanus purposes.

Similarly, with all the outbreaks of measles in recent years and many adults in their 50/60s getting measles, I personally would get a MMR titer and check your levels for each.  Mine are fine (had outbreak in our area 6 years ago and got checked then---kid's HS shut down for 4 days for staff to get checked and re-vaxed if not good, so I figured since I travel a lot it would be smart to get mine checked).  Mine is fine because likely because I'm of the age of the late 1980s Measles outbreak on college campuses where we had to get another booster (Attended one of the first 3 campuses with outbreaks and patient 0 on my campus lived in my dorm and was in 3 of my classes supposedly, so I did the smart thing and got an MMR booster). 
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Great information. I’m going to talk to my doctor and see if I need a booster.[/quote]

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