Category: Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
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Pertussis Before Vaccines: A Loving Tribute to the Cough That Killed 9,000 Kids a Year
Welcome to “Remember When Kids Just Died?” A daily two-part tour through every vaccine-preventable disease, starting with polio on September 1, 2026. Each disease gets two posts: the pre-vaccine era, when parents enjoyed the character-building experience of burying their children, and the post-vaccine era, when we ruined everything by making childhood survivable. Cramming both into…
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The Michigan Ladies Who Ended Whooping Cough. A True Story No One Told You in School
When the Bug Finally Met Its Match Welcome to “Remember When Kids Just Died?” A daily two-part tour through every vaccine-preventable disease, starting with polio on September 1, 2026. Each disease gets two posts: the pre-vaccine era, when parents enjoyed the character-building experience of burying their children, and the post-vaccine era, when we ruined everything…