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I upvoted you for the personal account. I live in Sydney, Australia and our area currently has a whooping cough outbreak.

I'm only aware of this because we have a 3 month old son. When we were making out antinatal visits to the hospital there were whooping cough awareness signs everywhere.

We both had tests, I had the antibody but my girlfriend didn't, so she had the vaccination.

I had whooping cough when I was very young, so young I don't remember it at all. But thanks for highlighting your experience.

Beyond the photocopied flyers on the walls in the hospital, I know nothing about whooping cough (and until just now I didn't even realize it was a serious illness) and I'm pretty sure the general public doesn't either.