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More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough recorded this year, higher than pre-pandemic levels: CDC (abcnews.go.com)

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More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows.

This marks the second year in a row with higher than usual cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the same time this year, around 33,000 cases reported.

Cases are well above pre-pandemic levels. In 2019, about 18,600 whooping cough cases were recorded, CDC data shows.

Excluding last year, the last time whooping cough cases were this high was in 2014 when more than 32,900 cases were recorded, according to the CDC.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Gotta make the children (preventably) sick to own the libs, I guess...?

Fucking insane. CPS should be involved in these cases.

[–] GoTime@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

FREEEEDUMB!

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Did they say why? There's probably more people too, denser