@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Not only are #COVID cases up in #Hawaii, but #pertussis is up, too, with officials noting declining #vaccination rates. Another #antivaxxer success story.

"#Hawaii is facing its most significant #pertussis outbreak in recent years, with whooping cough cases already surpassing last year's totals and health officials warning that declining #vaccination rates are creating dangerous conditions for further spread." Thanks, #antivaxxers!

https://hoodline.com/2025/08/hawaii-whooping-cough-cases-surge-past-2024-totals-vaccination-rates-drop/

Here in #Hawaii, we're seeing increased cases of both #COVID and #Pertussis. Be careful out there.
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Not Just #Measles: #WhoopingCough Cases Are #Soaring as #Vaccine Rates Decline. "While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak concentrated in small, dusty towns of West #Texas, cases of #pertussis have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since hitting a recent low in 2021 amid the #COVID19 #pandemic. #Deaths tied to #disease are also up, hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years. Cases are on track to exceed that total this year."

Whooping cough is back.

Cases rising. Immunity fading. Infants at risk.

History warned us. But here we are.
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💉 About 115 million children around the world received at least one dose of the #diphtheria, #tetanus and #pertussis (DTP)-containing #vaccine in 2024, according to the @WHO

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89% of the world's children received key childhood vaccine last year

89% of the world's children received key childhood vaccine last year About 115 million children around the world received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine in 2024, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO says this is an in

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