Toddler in intensive care after contracting NSW's first case of diphtheria in 100 years

Diphtheria is a contagious and potentially deadly bacterial infection. It affects the throat and tonsils in its most severe form, resulting in a greyish- white membrane forming that can make it hard to swallow and breathe.The infection can also cause the neck to swell, according to NSW Health, while the toxin formed by bacteria can cause inflammation of the heart muscle and nerves.The North Coast Public Health Unit confirmed the case in a two-year-old child in northern NSW on Saturday.

There is no ongoing risk to the broader community but families should be alert and review their children's immunisation status, North Coast Public Health director Paul Douglas said. No other cases of diphtheria of the throat have been reported in NSW this century but less-serious cases have been reported on rare occasions. They have mainly involved skin infections.

“The newly diagnosed child, who was not vaccinated against diphtheria” - what’s it call when you rush back to the same acedemics who’s advice you refused that inadvertently led to you rushing back to them? Is there a word for that

This century? You mean in the last 22 years then.

Absolutely terrible for this little one. But that’s why we have a vaccination programme for babies and youngsters.

So anti vaxxers dont seem to mind utilising ICU

What the hell is going on 😑😬😐

Strange quiet a few believe in climate change up the north coast NSW but a good % don't believe in vaccinating their children to child hood diseases.

what the fuck

Another success by the anti vaccination cookers?

There are no words for this sort of irresponsibility.

Maybe you shouldn't have destroyed trust in vaccines with your rapey mandates, indemnities for harm caused, no informed consent, censorship and claiming 98% of subsequent temporally associated deaths as 'coincidence'.

A menace to the community but more particularly their own children Sad

Clever parents.

Anti Vax parents are a menace

The flip side to all these anti vaxxers, these diseases will all come back, create variants and boom. We have to start all over again.

Bless little one.

There's really no excuse for this in Australia. The parents should be charged with neglect.

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