Anyone expecting a new baby in the family? The CDC has issued a new recommendation

[hedgehog]

that everyone who will be around the infant get a TDaP booster.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6041a4.htm

[SidDithers]

1. DU rec...

vaccinations are important.

Everyone, please check to see if you're up-to-date, and get your boosters if you need them.



Sid

[hedgehog]

3. I keep up on my immunizations, but I had no idea until my daughter called

that there is enough pertussis (whooping cough) in circulation that adults can inadvertently expose an infant. The booster you got as a kid wears off, and what you think of as a minor cough can be deadly for an infant.

My husband had a nasty cough that lasted months a few years back - we wondered at the time if it was whooping cough.

[curlyred]

7. By the time the doctors figured out I had whooping cough

I was almost over it. Coughed for a solid three months. I had no idea I needed a booster as an adult but I got it as soon as I could.

It is easily treated in adults with the right antibiotics, but can be deadly to infants and small children.

[Ohio Joe]

2. K&R - nt

[distantearlywarning]

4. CDC recommends all adults get a pertussis booster

The old vaccinations wear off into adulthood. And pertussis is an illness nobody wants to get - it's basically a horrible 3-month cough, and people can break ribs, get terribly sleep deprived, etc.

[winter is coming]

5. +1. The last booster I got was 3-4 months before I started trying to conceive. n/t

[Scuba]

6. I am very, very pleased that I can answer "no".