The shortage of vaccines is putting newborns at risk, with warnings of potential deaths due to low whooping cough vaccination rates. Recent cases include a baby in the Midlands and a five-week-old baby's death amid a surge in whooping cough cases.
Five-week-old baby dies of whooping cough amid 137% surge in cases https://t.co/LPcsMQVCnT
๐จThe resurgence of vaccine preventable diseases in US is truly alarming. This will cause kids to miss school, drain public health resources (and tax dollars), and eventually cost lives. ๐๐๐ฝ Kentucky county declares pertussis outbreak https://t.co/RjhsfhnrAv
Whooping cough kills tiny Midlands baby https://t.co/daPMVizPHv
More babies could die if whooping cough vaccination rates donโt increase. Prof Pollard warns: โWe should be very worried... If we continue to have high rates of spread and low rates of vaccination, there will be more babies severely affected & sadly, there will be more deaths.โ
Newborns at risk as vaccine shortage continues https://t.co/Vuw296eT8K