Work, Work, Work!! Tired! busy ass week man. But, All caught up. State Vaccine report. DONE! Good riddance! I will be expecting a call from the State next week to review it. ugh. But as stress as I get at work. I absolutely love my job and its so totally worth it. May drive me to drink sometimes.
Weird we had 2 patients who were diagnose at the hospital for Pertussis. So I spent a good 15 minutes talking to the CDC. Scary.
Whooping cough — or pertussis — is an infection of the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis (or B. pertussis). It's characterized by severe coughing spells that end in a "whooping" sound when the person breathes in.
Apparently it killed like 2 5,000 to 10,000 a year before D-Tap
(DIPHTHERIA TETANUS &PERTUSSIS VACCINE you get at 2,4,6,15 months and @11 yrs) was available. Yikes! Doc said that Pertussis circulates every 3-5 years for some reason and there seeing an outbreak in Ft. Worth this season. He also says that teenagers and adults who get it most likely won't even notice. But, babies its dangerous and can be fatal that's why the CDC gets involved.
(DIPHTHERIA TETANUS &PERTUSSIS VACCINE you get at 2,4,6,15 months and @11 yrs) was available. Yikes! Doc said that Pertussis circulates every 3-5 years for some reason and there seeing an outbreak in Ft. Worth this season. He also says that teenagers and adults who get it most likely won't even notice. But, babies its dangerous and can be fatal that's why the CDC gets involved.
Anyways,
Word of the day-
Dogmatic-
Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma
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