Pertussis Outbreak

A few weeks ago I posted on the problem with parents not wanting to vaccinate their children because of various concerns. One of the problems by not doing so was stated that we would begin seeing more and more cases of these preventable diseases.



Seen here is the announcement sent to all local physicians related to the recent increase in the number of Pertussis cases in Floyd County and surrounding areas.




It is imperative that we do a better job of educating our parents to the real and devastating consequences of electing not to follow the immunization guidelines.



The above image is the current recommendations.