Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Oh, brother. It's been 15 years since the highest number of cases, but all of a sudden people MAY be at risk. And then they mix issues by including MRSA, as if that makes pertussis more scary. Winnie http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20081201/COMMUNITIES/811300328/1005/NEWS01?GI\ D=q137FeBuLH1FmZdfvWeu/6ldowiiiNbGJ2FUitAt3xY%3D December 1, 2008 residents may be at risk for whooping cough Health Management Office tracking cases and educating public By Daigle Daily Record The County Office of Health Management is leading an education effort to raise awareness of dangerous staph infections and pertussis, or whooping cough, a disease once thought to be eradicated. Public health epidemiologist Namitha Narayan told the freeholder board Tuesday that her office is tracking incidents of community acquired Methicillin-resistant staphlococcus aureus, or MRSA, and keeping an eye on the number of reported cases of pertussis. The health management office's efforts follow by a few months the rollout of a plan by the Regional Public Health Partnership to reach out to schools, day-care centers and public health officials about the need to monitor MRSA cases. Last year MRSA cases were reported at several schools and colleges statewide, including County College of , Centenary College and Fairleigh Dickinson University. The number of reported pertussis cases has fluctuated over the past 20 years, according to health statistics. The largest number, 83, was reported in 1993, and the smallest total was one, in 2001, according to the 2007 County Health Improvement Plan. Last year, the state Department of Health and Senior Services reported 24 cases of pertussis in County. Health educator Arlene Stoller said that MRSA was once a hospital-acquired condition, but since 1980 has become a concern because it is now commonly community based. Her office has sent information packets to schools and other public facilities to alert officials to the need to monitor potential MRSA case in their facilities. Schools can be prime locations for MRSA outbreaks, she said, especially in gymnasiums. Schools needs to sanitize wrestling mats particularly well, she said. The concern with pertussis, Stoller said, is that adults might be susceptible to the disease because their original vaccinations could have weakened. Adults should ask their doctors about a possible booster shot, she said. Freeholder asked how this information is disseminated to facilities such as nursing homes. Stoller said she visits any place or group that requests a meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Very nice Joanna! I was going to wait to write you until I had put a comment together. Christie W. At 09:04 AM 10/11/2010, you wrote: > > >Here is an article I wrote: > ><http://www.empowher.com/whooping-cough/content/whooping-cough-epidemics-and-ro\ le-vaccines?page=0,2>http://www.empowher.com/whooping-cough/content/whooping-cou\ gh-epidemics-and-role-vaccines?page=0,2 > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3190 >- Release Date: 10/11/10 02:34:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 And maybe the other editors were stunned into enlightenment and don't quite know how to admit it (or possibly they are all closet non-vaccinators??). Very good article, by the way. Short, and to the point. I never thought about the "silent reservoir" of infection, although on some level I was aware of it. I think we all ought to play that up. I am assuming this could be true for any disease? Winnie Re: Whooping Cough ArticleVaccinations > Joanna,> > I hear you. Thank you for sharing what your > stand might have cost you. It makes me feel more > willing to comment on articles like yours, to > show the person is not alone and is supported by honest science.> > Christie> > At 03:01 PM 10/12/2010, you wrote:> >> >> >Thanks Christie,> >> >I really didn't know what to do because my boss > >told me to write some on whooping cough 'because > >there is an epidemic' and I knew she wanted the > >usual pro-vaccine, 'you must all get your shots > >or die' type of article and I had to tell her I > >wouldn't do it even though the job is paying my > >rent. I thought that was it, no more job, but > >she was surprisingly understanding and said as > >long as I wrote about the disease that was > >fine. I know my editors hated it though, > >because they usually send me glowing emails and > >there was stoney silence this time, LOL.> >> >Joanna.> >> >> > >> > ><> > t/whooping-cough-epidemics-and-role-> vaccines?page=0,2>http://www.empowher.com/whooping-cough/content/whooping-cough-epidemics-and-role-vaccines?page=0,2>http://www.empowher.com/whooping-cough/content/whooping-cough-epidemics-and-role-vaccines?page=0,2> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >No virus found in this incoming message.> > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com> > >Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3190> > >- Release Date: 10/11/10 02:34:00> >> >> >> >> >No virus found in this incoming message.> >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com> >Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3192 > >- Release Date: 10/12/10 02:34:00> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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