Douglas Jenkinson, a retired general practitioner from the UK, expresses doubt about the effectiveness of increasing primary immunisation rates to control whooping cough. He believes that the pertussis vaccine is relatively poor and the disease is highly infectious before symptoms are obvious. Jenkinson suggests that pertussis will continue to be a challenge, as both natural infection and vaccines offer limited long-term protection. The epidemiology of pertussis in the vaccine era remains unclear, and he questions the efficacy of current vaccination strategies in preventing the spread of the disease. Overall, Jenkinson believes that whooping cough is here to stay.
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Better recognition of whooping cough in older people
