An outbreak of the highly contagious whooping cough has forced one school in Houston, Texas, to close its doors early for the Christmas break:
St. Theresa Catholic School in Memorial Park will be closed until Jan. 6 due to the outbreak, which has affected students and staff alike. Some children have been hospitalized as a result, the Houston Chronicle reports.
The first case was confirmed on Dec. 4. The community and the Texas Department of State Health Services were subsequently notified. It’s not clear how many people are affected.
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a very contagious disease that spreads through coughing or sneezing. It can take up to three weeks for symptoms to appear. Late-stage symptoms may include rapid coughing followed by a high-pitched “whoop” sound, vomiting and exhaustion.
Officials with the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston said that 100 percent of students who attend St. Theresa Catholic School are vaccinated against the illness. That said, those who have received the whooping cough vaccine can sometimes still contract the disease if they are exposed. If this occurs, the symptoms are typically milder, however.
“It is my prayer that we have no more children hospitalized due to the spread of this disease,” Rev. Phil Lloyd, pastor at St. Theresa Catholic School, said in a letter sent to parents, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The ‘outbreaks’ that the media loves to trumpet often occur in ‘immigrant’ populations, and no doubt that’s probably what’s at play here.
Pertussis or whooping cough, like all common childhood illnesses, is relatively benign, but it can be scary for parents to watch their children go through severe cases, even though it is rarely fatal.
And yes, in many of the reported fatal cases, the child has been vaccinated, and may very well have died from vaccine complications, which include the disease itself.
In reality, many people contract mild forms of pertussis, including adults, which manifests as a persistent cough that lasts more than a couple days, and then tapers off and disappears.
The original developers of the pertussis vaccine warned that it should not be administered in conjunction with other vaccines as it is highly reactive and can cause brain swelling and other dangerous side effects.
But, of course, Big Pharma ignored these warnings and now every child receives it in the DPT combo-vaccine for diptheria, pertussis, and tetanus, which has a failure rate of over 90%, which explains why a school with 100% vaccination rate can still experience an outbreak.
While I don’t vaccinate my children, I must disagree with the assertion in this article that pertussis is “a cough that lasts more than a couple days.”
My family is on WEEK EIGHT of this horrible cough. I have five children. They didn’t all contract it at the same time, but rather one after the other. It’s estimated to last for 100 days! That’s three months. My first child started coughing in the middle of December. My last child to contract it just got it at the end of January. I may still have months ahead of me with a house-full of coughers. And the cough itself can range from a tickling cough in the beginning, to a strangling cough where you watch your child turn blue and gasp for air, usually followed by an episode of vomiting. Again, I am very much anti-vaccine, but that doesn’t mean I am fanti-truth, or for downplaying the reality of contracting a “vaccine-preventable” disease. It is awful, and although it can be relatively mild for some, the reality is that it can be months of hell for others. It is not just the longevity of this cough that is so extremely awful, but the strangling nature of it as well. Please don’t compare this to the common cold or cough.
Andrea, I would strongly recommend looking into what Dr. Suzanne Humphries has published on the topic of Whooping Cough and Vitamin C for treatment.
https://drsuzanne.net/2017/10/sodium-ascorbate-vitamin-c-treatment-of-whooping-cough-suzanne-humphries-md/
Her videos on vaccines are also very good, but it already sounds like you are up to speed on vaccine risks and dangers. Good luck and get well!
Andrea, we apologize for the wording of the article, not intending to minimize the seriousness of whooping cough. We meant to convey the idea that many people who contract pertussis often don’t even know they have it because it is often so mild, a persistent cough for a few days. Obviously, full-blown cases, as you said, can be alarming for parents, and we don’t want to ignore that fact. We’ve changed some of the wording of the article to acknowledge your concerns.
Almost ALL outbreaks of childhood illnesses announced in the media happen in non-White populations, especially in Latino/Mestizo. Never trust any disease statistics that do NOT take race into account.
https://sttheresaschool.cc/
Peruse the photos. This is the new America!
How do we not see?!!! This question will haunt me for the rest of my life.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term “Tex-Mex”. Perhaps it’s time to call it “Mex-Tex”.
ummm, yeah…
Whooping cough, just like polio, began to disappear as a serious, life-threatening illness significantly BEFORE the vaccine was introduced–a demonstrable FACT. And side effects of the vaccine are now far more dangerous and life-threatening than the vaccine itself. Think for yourself and save your child a lifetime of pain and misery:
https://www.vaccinationinformationnetwork.com/the-dangers-of-whooping-cough-vaccination-prof-gordon-stewart/
I absolutely hate vaccines. I get the same feeling about abortion. Same thing when I look at the sky and see all those nasty aerosol trails…
Hmmm…seems like I could write a very long list.
(((Thanks)))