Comments on: Whooping cough, in case you were not aware… https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/28/whooping-cough-in-case-you-wer/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:52:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Sunday Afternoon https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/28/whooping-cough-in-case-you-wer/#comment-521026 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:52:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/28/whooping-cough-in-case-you-wer/#comment-521026 I am in California and can attest to the widespread nature of the epidemic. I know of at least half a dozen people who had or have it, including me and my SO. Mine was April/May this year: 6 weeks of not being able to sleep due to coughing in the early part, then from pain in the chest from a probable cracked rib caused by so much coughing.

I am a generally healthy 30-something – I can understand how bad getting it is for infants and older people.

]]> By: 6EQUJ5 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/28/whooping-cough-in-case-you-wer/#comment-521025 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:34:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/28/whooping-cough-in-case-you-wer/#comment-521025 I was in elementary school when polio vaccine came out. Maybe the anti-vac crowd can bring polio back from the grave, and the nation can also enjoy mumps, measles, and chicken pox like I did.

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