"Children during COVID did not see their health care providers and they may have done some telemedicine, but we can't vaccinate through the computer," said Dr. William Schaffner.
"Reported cases of people with whooping cough are returning to pre-pandemic levels, when the U.S. typically saw more than 10,000 cases each year," the CDC said in July.
"Early symptoms of whooping cough can be mistaken for the common cold and other respiratory illnesses, which is why the disease often is not caught until it becomes severe," said Dawn Nolt.
"The first week or so of illness looks like any other respiratory disease, she said, when, in fact, it could be pertussis and you're just infecting people around you."
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