Lebanon school leaders are taking extra precautions after doctors diagnosed two students with whooping cough.
Both students attend Berry Intermediate School. They are in the same grade but not in the same class.
A letter went home with students at every Lebanon school so families can take precautions. Berry's principal, Mark Graler, wants parents to watch for symptoms and be sure students get medical attention if they show any signs.
As parents wait for their children to get out of school they say they are grateful for the warning and the school's actions.
The students' classrooms were disinfected. So were their school buses.
Custodians at all Lebanon schools were told to intensify their cleaning process.
County health officials say a Mason student was diagnosed with whooping cough in November.
Mason school leaders also notified parents.
The question is, if there's a vaccine why do people still get whooping cough?
Duane Stansbury, the Warren County Health Commissioner says after a period of time immunity can weaken. He says people need the vaccine every 10 years and infants are at greater risk for complications which can include brain disorders and even death.
As for adults, it's "much more mild," Stansbury said.
"So they might not think they have whooping cough and then go over to sister or brother's house who just had a baby and that's why we recommend everyone from adolescents to adults, if you haven't been immunized in many, many years it's time to do that immunization," said Stansbury.
Stansbury says there are between six and 20 cases of whooping cough reported in Warren County each year.
Every year 30 about Americans die from whooping cough.
