Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault
Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault
The Dickensian disease is the latest Victorian-era ailment to stage a comeback in the West.
“Retro infection”. Sounds cool. Vintage virus.
Can confirm, labelled ill Victorian child at work.
Legit though, started symptoms late Feb, got antibiotics in the first 6 days, so fairly early considering that standard is to wait for day 10 to prescribe where I live, regardless of what it is. It's nearly 7 weeks, still have low energy, and occasional coughing fits. Only time I was more sick was when I had covid, and when I was 16 and had pneumonia...10 days to prescribe for whooping cough or 10 days for any bacterial infection?
If it's 10 days for anything that sounds absolutely bonkers to me.
If it's 10 just for whooping cough that's weird, but I guess there might be a specific reason.
Edit: re read your post and see it's anything. That's insane and can be deadly in countless situations. Like, oh you got bacterial pneumonia, let's just wait 10 fucking days.
You can get prescribed sooner, but getting an in person appointment is neigh impossible, so just describe what you have and hope they make the correct decision. Our health care system is underfunded, and has been for decades, with the specific goal of bringing in an American style private health care system.
But to protect newborn babies from the disease, pregnant women can also be offered pertussis vaccines. In England, the BMJ reports, uptake among this group has fallen from over 70 percent in September 2017 to 58 percent in September 2023.
Sounds like 12% of expectant mothers have had their trust in doctors destroyed by the policies enacted during COVID. That's not COVIDs fault. That's our fault for how we reacted.