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A few people on my Friends list have or have been exposed to whooping cough. So far, these are not people I’ve seen recently, but I thought I’d give people the heads-up that it’s floating around in our community. According to Wikipedia, it’s very contagious and the incubation period is about two days 7 to 21 days in adults (thanks, [livejournal.com profile] jadia!).

I hope they get better quickly and I hope the rest of you don’t get it!

Date: 2007-09-01 01:19 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] omegabeth.livejournal.com
I hope they don't really have it! Did you hear that there were a bunch of mis-diagnoses of whooping cough because of a faulty test? http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/NEWS/708250316/-1/COMM01

Date: 2007-09-01 13:34 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] desiringsubject.livejournal.com
I thought that Whooping Cough was one of the things covered in the DPT vaccine. Regardless of where one stands on the vaccination debate, I *was* vaccinated, so... wouldn't that do it?

Date: 2007-09-02 01:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jadia.livejournal.com
I think under "Treatment" on that page it alludes to a 7-21 day incubation period, and the 2-day incubation period seems to have been specific to infants and young children. It doesn't seem to be clear which it is to me...

(Just fyi)

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