Map shows where '100-day-cough' is soaring in Merseyside
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
Cases of the highly contagious disease are spreading rapidly in one area of the region

yeah I know some people call it the 100 day cough, it just makes it sound unserious to me. Maybe it's more common in the UK though.

Also

Earlier this year the UKHSA warned that uptake of the maternal Whooping Cough vaccine had dropped to its lowest level in seven years.

Good, so yet again it's likely due to increased anti-vax sentiment in the west