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Health Officials Urge San Diegans to Get Vaccinated as Whooping Cough Cases Rise
A San Diego County vaccination clinic. Photo credit: County News Center. Citing an increasing number of cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, county public health officials Wednesday urged San Diegans to get vaccinated, particularly those most at risk of becoming seriously ill. According to county data, the number of pertussis illnesses jumped from 12 in September to 57 in October. Spikes in pertussis happen every three to five years, they said, and the last peak was in 2017. The current rise in illness reports is the first since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when COVID prevention steps also kept pertussis cases down, officials said. “We’re seeing pertussis spr

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