Saturday, June 14, 2014

Whooping Cough Is Now a Full-Blown Epidemic in California

Gizmodo reports on an LA Times story, Whooping Cough Is Now a Full-Blown Epidemic in California "Well, it's official. California's whooping cough outbreak is now officially classified as an epidemic by the Centers for Disease Control. Thanks anti-vaxxers. California has reported 3,458 cases of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, so far this year, with about 800 cases in the past two weeks alone. "

2 comments:

DKB said...

I'd like to see the pertussis map overlaid with maps of anti-vaccine hysteria.

Howard said...

Not a map, but some data is here