Five grandmothers died of whooping cough in ONE New Jersey hospital system between January and April.
Helen Ferrer, 67. 41 days of coughing. Kidneys failed. Dead April 11.
Margaret Thiessen, 62. Ruptured her eye during a coughing fit.
Dorothy Williams, 71. Foot amputated from sepsis. Dead 9 days later.
Catherine Dennehy, 69.*Took her grandson to the movies. On a ventilator 64 days later.
Doris Avery, 64. Kissed her best friend at a wedding. Dead on Memorial Day.
Each one caught it from a grandchild.
Each one had a Tdap vaccine they thought was still protecting them.
Cases are up 1,500% since 2021. The CDC confirmed **28,000** in 2025.
"Adult whooping cough mortality is 3 to 5 times what the CDC reports. The death certificate says 'pneumonia.' The public never sees the real number." Dr. Julia Garvey, MD
Your mother might be next.