No Shots, No School

Contra Costa Health Services Director Dr. William Walker talks about a new state law that requires middle and high school students to show proof they received a Tdap booster for whooping cough before entering school this fall. Read more about our efforts in this press release: http://bit.ly/f8fo0Q

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tdap
• whooping cough
• Contra Costa Health Services
• health
• immunization
• vaccine
• school
• Contra Costa
• pertussis
• law

[dagzero]

Whoa whoa wait a minute! I just got my Tdap shot two days ago and I got two shots. How come the video only shows them getting one?? :O

[ContraCostaHealth]

@dagzero The Tdap booster is one shot. There are other vaccines, such as meningococcal and HPV, that are recommended for teens around the same time as Tdap. It's very likely that you got the Tdap and an additional vaccine that you needed during the same visit. Check with your provider or immunization record to see which vaccines you received.

[mapleAznboy]

can anybody help me i already got the tdap when i was a like 4 or 5 i got the shot 3 time do i need to get it agian

[ContraCostaHealth]

@mapleAznboy DTaP and Tdap are vaccines for different age groups. Young children receive the DTaP vaccine. They need 5 DTaP shots to be fully protected. The protection wears off, so teens and adults need the Tdap booster shot. Please check with your health care provider about whether you need Tdap. In the 2011 school year, students entering 7th through 12th grade in California need proof that they received a Tdap booster.

[sparkybigptalkshow]

My little cousin is 10 and he is going to 6th grade. The docter said he he has to get it when he is at least 11. Is that true?

[ContraCostaHealth]

@sparkybigptalkshow It depends on whether he's up-to-date with shots. His doctor should know his history. If he's up-to-date, he had a pertussis shot around 5 years of age & can wait until he's 11 for the booster. The 2011 California Tdap school requirement is only for 7th-12th grade entry. Since he's entering 6th grade this year, he doesn't need Tdap until next year to meet the school requirement. If he missed a shot or more, he can get the Tdap now since anyone over 10 years of age can get it.

[craftlover29329]

Where do get the whooping cough shot at

[ilovesoftball99]

@mapleAznboy you have to get the Tdap at least once every year

[707c80]

@JoeFanatic01 u get to go to school for free 1 shot is not asking much

[cutiepinky567]

i got my vaccines and...... it really hurt lol

[JoeFanatic01]

what proof do you have that those vaccinations even work? I mean with flu shot you can get the flu from tht shot hmmm weird its supposed to be PROTECTING u from the flu

[JoeFanatic01]

that is so dumb that you are FORCED to have a vaccination it should be our choice! I mean i never really get sick and i dont really believe in vaccinations

[prankster307]

0:37 its like she's playing darts geeze

[SuperDisneyfan14]

i got the HPV shot, but i need a second HPV shot!

[2ndSamuel710]

Recent study 25,000 children: UN-vaxed children less prone to allergies/disease than vaxed children. Google it. Quote: "The chief if not sole cause of monstrous increase in cancer has been vaxs" Dr. Robert Bell former vice President International Society 4 Cancer Research British Cancer Society. Dr. Maurice Hilleman former head of vax @ Merck admitted on camera (Utube) Hep B vax caused AIDs epidemic. Autism now 1 in 93! Why? VAX! NEVER proven safe or effective! U have been warned! I'd ban them!