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WHOOPING COUGH REACHES EPIDEMIC LEVELS IN CALAVERAS
Summary of Calaveras Enterprise Article Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a disease of the lungs and throat caused by bacteria. According to the Calaveras County Public Health Department, this disease has now reached epidemic levels in California. Whooping cough starts like a cold but with a cough that gets worse and usually lasts two weeks or more. The disease is especially serious (and can be life threatening) for infants up to 3 months of age, and the vaccine cannot be given to infants under 6 weeks of age.  
Because of the potential of pertussis reaching epidemic levels in Calaveras County, the Public Health Department is recommending that adults and youth get the vaccine, even if they were previously vaccinated for whooping cough. The state is even recommending that seniors over 65 years of age be vaccinated because of the statewide epidemic. 

The Public Health Department provides the vaccine at low or no cost to Calaveras County residents.  Local community immunization clinics include:
   Arnold: Chapel in the Pines, 2286 Cedar Lane, the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.
   San Andreas: Public Health Dept., 700 Mt. Ranch Rd., Ste. C2, every Monday from 3:00 to 5:20 p.m. and every Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

For further information about the vaccine and/or the clinics, call the Public Health Dept. at 209-754-6460 or visit their website www.calaveraspublichealth.com.

SAFETY TIP

As California Black Bears are occasional visitors to our community, there are some safety precautions you should observe to avoid attracting a bear to your property.

To minimize odors and the availability of food rewards throughout your yard and our community:
  • Put out garbage on the day of pick-up, not the night before. Store in sturdy building or place in a bear- resistant trash receptacle.
  • Do not leave pet food out. Hang bird feeders out of reach of bears.
  • Keep bar-b-ques clean and grease free. Store with livestock/pet feed inside a sturdy building.
  • Pick all ripe fruit from the tree and surrounding ground as soon as possible.
  • Vegetable gardens and compost piles may attract bears. Do not put meat, fish or other pungent scraps in compost pile. Add lime to reduce odors and accelerate decomposition.
  • An electric fence is an effective way to keep bears out of orchards, gardens, compost piles, and beehives. Follow appropriate safety precautions.
Bear activity may intensify in spring when bears are hungry and emerging from their dens, in the fall when bears are bulking up for hibernation, and during drought periods. This is due to the scarcity of natural foods. For more information about safety precautions regarding California black bears, visit http://www.bebearawaresw.org/

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

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