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

  • borlax [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Oh so you mean western civilization with its ignorance to all illness and prevention methods is dealing with another outbreak of some horrible disease?

    • TupamarosShakur [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      Supposedly it’s actually down from 2019 so they’re hoping it’s just rebounding back to normal levels ”post-pandemic.” Which again shows how useful masks are at stopping all respiratory infectious disease, not just Covid. But I guess most of us would rather live with Victorian era diseases than be slightly inconvenienced in the interest of eradicating them.

      • borlax [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        Exactly my main takeaway too… WEAR A FUCKING MASK!

      • TheModerateTankie [any]
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        7 months ago

        It's like people started preventing sewage from getting into drinking water, found it prevented a lot of diseases, and then went right back to putting sewage in drinking water because it was cheaper not to.

        porky-happy "Now that everyone's gotten, and gotten over, their mild case of cholera, our immune systems have learned to fight it and we don't have to clean the water anymore. Just remember to wash your hands."