“I think this is a good reminder that if the vaccination rate drops, these diseases can rear their ugly heads again,” Dr. Janet Shen said.
A syringe containing a vaccine for whooping cough in a waiting room at Alaska Family Care and Associates in Anchorage on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.
“I think this is a good reminder that if the vaccination rate drops, these diseases can rear their ugly heads again,” Shen said. Sarah Aho, immunization program manager for the state, said less than two-thirds of kids in Alaska are up to date with their whooping cough vaccinations, called DTap or TDap and that also protect against diphtheria and tetanus.
“Adult coverage for TDap has actually increased since COVID,” Aho said. “In 2018, it was about 45% and now it’s 65%. So, I think adults have done a really good job of working to get up to date on their vaccines, but 65% is still relatively low. It’s not up in that 80%-90% that would be really great to see.”
“For most kids, it’s a childhood disease. I had it,” Foint-Anderson said. “But if you’re the child who gets Group Strep from it and winds up in a hospital and dies, that’s not okay.”
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