Re: Why?

From: Emma Chase VanCott (7elc_at_qlink.queensu.ca)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: 28 Jul 2004 19:49:04 GMT

KyroDoc <kyrodoc@aol.com> wrote:
: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES July 12, 2004. Children are supposed to get five whooping
: cough shots by age 6, but the vaccine wears off after five to 10 years. As of
: last week, 107 whooping cough cases had been reported in northern Cook and Kane
: counties and southern Lake and McHenry counties. The outbreak initially hit
: middle school kids, even though most had been vaccinated
: [A] new booster, made by GlaxoSmithKline...[is for] between ages 10 and 18. A
: spokeswoman declined to say how long the whooping cough booster would last, or
: how much it would cost. About 10,000 cases were reported last year, a 10-fold
: increase from 1976 

-- 
They forgot to shake the vial. ;)
Emma

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