Supports National Immunization Awareness Month With Event in NYC Times Square
The Office of the Mayor of New York City Proclaims August 20, 2009 Pertussis Awareness Day
March of Dimes, Sanofi Pasteur and Actress/Mother, Jennifer Lopez Urge Adults to Get Tdap Booster to
Prevent Whooping Cough
What: Sounds of Pertussis Exhibit in Support of National Immunization Awareness Month
When: Thursday, August 20, 2009; 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Where: Military Island in Times Square (between 43rd and 44th Streets on Broadway)
Photo Opps: Giant costumed replicas of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium interacting with consumers;
consumers playing a transmission toss game
The Sounds Of Pertussis Event:
Sounds of Pertussis is a national public awareness campaign that urges adults to get vaccinated with a
pertussis booster. This act may prevent adults from contracting pertussis, which is also known as whooping
cough, and spreading the disease to the babies in their lives. The Sounds of Pertussis exhibit will be at
Military Island in Times Square throughout the day on August 20, 2009. The exhibit will include: large
screen TVs playing English and Spanish public service announcements (PSA) featuring spokesperson Jennifer
Lopez; a pertussis transmission toss game; and information about pertussis and adult immunization. Giant
costumed replicas of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium will be in the area to encourage interest in the
event.
About Pertussis:
+ Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease characterized by severe coughing, and is
particularly dangerous for babies who have not yet been fully immunized against the disease.
+ Infants are more vulnerable to severe pertussis and face the possibility of serious complications,
including death.
+ Immunity from the childhood pertussis vaccine wanes over time, and, unfortunately, most adults are not
aware they need to get a tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) booster to help protect
themselves and their babies.
+ Research has shown that in about half of the cases where a source could be identified, pertussis was
transmitted to infants by a parent, and the disease has been on the rise over the past few decades.
About National Immunization Awareness Month:
National Immunization Awareness Month is designated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) each August as the prefect time to remind family, friends, co-workers, and those in the community to
catch up on their vaccinations. Communities are encouraged to plan local health screenings or fairs, media
events and other related immunization outreach efforts during the month of August to promote the benefits
of immunization. Immunization is one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th
century. Vaccines have eradicated smallpox, eliminated wild poliovirus in the United States, and
significantly reduced the number of cases of measles, diphtheria, rubella, pertussis and other diseases.
But despite these efforts, people in the U.S. still die from some of these and other vaccine-preventable
diseases.
Additional Resources: Visit www.soundsofpertussis.comfor more information on the Campaign. Additional
features available at http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/pertussis/36734/
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@RandomNinjaSlavesDx better yet, imagine raising your children with improper spelling and grammar. Now that's a travesty.
SugarMonkey528 10 months ago
@aquariussphere And you believe all that the the government says??? Brain washed
enriquereyes1979 11 months ago
Is your data really no more current than the 1980's?
Go find somewhere else to spread your misinformation you damn anti-vaxxer. When more people contract preventable diseases as a result of refusing to be vaccinated, or worse, someone else who refused to vaccinate contracting the disease and spreading it to infants (before they're old enough to be vaccinated), people like you will be directly responsible for their deaths. I hope you feel good when people die, Angela.
aquariussphere 1 year ago
No. Oh my goodness. More misinformation!
National statistics for England, Australia and the US show how whooping couch was already on the dramatci decline before the vaccine was introduced! The vaccine has had no impact!
In 1979, Sweden abandoned the whooping cough vaccine due to its ineffectiveness. Out of 5,140 cases in 1978, it was found that 84% had been vaccinated three times! [British Medical Journal, 283:696-697, 1981]
Protect your babies immune system from the vaccine itself!
angela10336 1 year ago
Can whooping cough stage 1 begin symptoms in within 2 or 3 days
Theroguesunit6 1 year ago
this vid is sad, imagine ur baby making those noises:'(
RandomNinjaSlavesDx 1 year ago