Sign UpFacebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. Whooping cough cases are on the rise(significantly)...for adults it's not usually a big deal, but it can be fatal to young children. If you have not gotten a pertussis booster since your original childhood vaccination, you need to get one ASAP. Adults are the number one vector for spreading pertussis to young children...vaccination/booster can prevent this.