Transcript Fight AGAINST the Whooping Cough

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WHY?
HUH? What’s that?
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The whooping
cough is
› NASTY,
› CONTAGIOUS,
› VIOLENT,
› PAINFUL.
Pertussis
It can last for months
and make it really
hard to breathe. It
comes from the
bacteria called
Bordetella Pertussis.
The whooping cough has a very distinct
sound. It’s as if someone it “whooping”
for a breath
NO!
OH
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When someone has the whooping cough and that
person coughs into the air, anyone close by could
breathe in the bacteria Bordetella Pertussis
and get the illness.
Ah! Don’t
cough
on me!
If you are not vaccinated,
you are not protected!
Young babies and children can get very
sick from this illness.
When you get this shot, you’re helping
protect them.
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Did you already get the shot?
› BRING your shot record to the nurse. We
need documentation.
› If we contacted you, we don’t have it on
record.
How do
I get it?
Please make an appointment with your
doctor or clinic now.
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Sanofi Pasteur Inc. (2013). Pertussis is also known as whooping
cough. Retrieved from http://soundsofpertussis.com/what-ispertussis.cfm#./?&_suid=136103831547806874937723954217
The San Diego Union-Tribune, LLC. (2013). Community essay:
whooping cough still growing in san diego county. Retrieved
from
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/14/whoopingcough-still-growing-in-san-diego-county/