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"This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this," Kimmel said to whoops from his studio audience.

He followed that with a series of whooping cheers.

The theatrics seemed to work, as a membership sometimes mocked for its mild-mannered approach got to its collective feet and filled the air with whoops of approval and the flutter of hundreds of mini flags.

Another disease to watch out for is pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

Cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, for instance, used to be rare, but are now a monthly occurrence, she said.