I have always believed vaccination is the only way to keep our population safe, but I was also of the opinion that one only needed one whooping cough vaccination for life. I knew Tetanus was a five yearly vaccination and of course our current COVID is 6 monthly and influenzas yearly. Most mothers and grandmothers have a whooping cough vaccination booster to make sure the new borns they are around don’t fall foul to it. Maybe more information should be being pushed onto us.

Our little one will be getting a booster soon. Better safe than sorry. We work so hard to keep our little ones healthy happy and alive. Why would we not top up on vaccinations?! I just don’t understand people’s logic sometimes. Our children should be our number one priority (vaccines included)

Even if your child has been vaccinated, I think they can still get a mild dose of whooping cough if others around them haven’t been vaccinated and cough on them. It’s heart wrenching to see and hear young ones trying to cope with the illness. Vaccinations are the way to save lives and misery.

Its been a scary year of so many different illnesses booming. Our friends 11yo recently just recovered from whooping cough. Virtual ED originally said it was the asthma but two days later, symptoms worsen and went straight into RCH to find out it was whooping cough. Sadly, the minor symptoms is of a simple blocked nose so many GPs & even emergency will send the child home assuming its just a common cold or flu as they have influx of cases come through the door. Times like these, GPs & Emergency department should treat everyone for the worst case scenario by taking swabs instead of assuming wrong and seeing children deteriorate. I know it may be overboard but it will help stop the spread.
The current age it is affecting are the ones who are coming up to their “year 7″ boosters which age 12/13 but after this horrible season, experts may need to change the boosters to set age of 12 (maybe 11) so regardless in grade 6 or yr7, it will help.

And this is what happens when people refuse to get vaccinated! It’s absolutely crazy. All of the reporting out there that there are negative long term affects, which is simply not true. The viruses that we think we have eradicated are only not being seen because of people being vaccinated. The less people getting vaccinated, the bigger the spikes in illnesses we are seeing that just shouldn’t be there.

This is a serious issue which all families need to be aware of and respect others around them. I’m a Cabin Manager for an airline and only last week standing at the boarding gates waiting for our aircraft to arrive, I noticed a child approx 10 years old with a serious barking cough. I questioned the group service crew if she had addressed this family as I was concerned this child had Whooping Cough and they were going to board our aircraft and potentially infect other people.
We did question the family and got a medical team involved in which we then advised them the child was not fit to fly and its a high risk to the child to be in an aircraft as well as a rick for the guests around them.
Parents out there need to be smart and keep their children home if they are that sick. No one wants this Whooping Cough thanks.

Vaccinate, everyone! This is a really scary disease, it’s hideous to watch children in the grip of it, and it can be deadly.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 11 Nov 2024 , 5:50 am

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  I agree; it is absolutely gut wrenching to see and to hear a child with whooping cough. I agree with getting vaccinated to protect against whooping cough. Medicare records should show the current status of vaccinations and a GP will have vaccination records on file. It is is always good to have a copy of current vaccination status.

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    • • Ellen replied
      • 11 Nov 2024 , 8:43 am

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    A vaccination record is also easy to see when you link Medicare and MyGov.
    If your Medicare online account is linked to myGov, you can just sign in to get your immunisation history statements online and print it when needed. You can access it at all times and no contact with GP is needed to obtain this

This is very scary and has reminded me that my own booster would be due soon. I’ll check with my Doctor on my next visit.

I believe I had one when I was pregnant but would need to check my Medicare records. This sounds alarming if cases have sky rocketed recently. 41,000 cases sounds a lot, hopefully this can get under control without too much further increase. Perhaps the government could promote this a little more to get it out there.

I actually don’t know when I had a booster vaccination for whooping cough.
I believe that all children, adults and pregnant women should get the whooping cough vaccine. Young children receive the vaccine as a series of five shots before age 7. Starting around age 11 to 12, teens and adults should receive a booster pertussis vaccine every 10 years.

go to the doctor dont wait be sure

Whooping cough is terrifying if you have a unvaccinated baby.. Thankfully I’ve never had to watch a child go through it. The 2 week incubation period makes it spread so easily because people arent aware they have it. There’s nothing worse than having a sick child and not being able to do anything to help them.

Whooping cough is truly horrific and seeing a child endure it is truly heartbreaking and tough for everybody. It really is such a contagious disease and I hope this article is shared far and wide about the dangers of whooping cough. We have always gone with vaccinations to protect our children.

So I heard ! I haven’t actually come across many cases and we had only one notification of a case at school this year. Whooping cough can last up to 10 weeks or longer. It can lead to pneumonia and complications from severe coughing, such as fainting, rib fractures, or temporary loss of bladder control, so it can be quite severe.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 09 Nov 2024 , 8:13 am

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  The article says that the rise in cases has coincided with a drop in community vaccination rates against whooping cough.
  However, evidence shows it mainly affects babies younger than 6 months old who aren’t yet fully protected by immunizations, and kids 11 to 18 years old whose immunity has started to fade.

Really scary seeing these statistics. I was thankful and grateful that my whole family was vaccinated before my son was born, then we didn’t go to crowded or enclosed places the first few weeks. It’s so hard at the moment, everywhere I go people are coughing without covering their mouths. I don’t know if they just didn’t learn anything from covid or have main character syndrome and don’t care about anyone else.