Whooping cough outbreak despite 100% vaccination rate in TX school

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An outbreak of the highly contagious whooping cough (pertussus) forced a school in Houston TX to close its doors early for the holiday break, even though officials say 100 percent of the school's were vaccinated against the illness. The disease is very contagious disease and spreads through coughing or sneezing. It can take up to three weeks for symptoms to appear. Late-stage symptoms may include rapid coughing followed by a high-pitched “whoop” sound, vomiting and exhaustion.

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)