Mule Name Meaning. English: from a medieval personal name, perhaps Old English Mul (from Old English mul âmuleâ, âhalfbreedâ). This was the name of a brother of Ceadwalla, King of Wessex (died 675), and is also found as a place name element.
1 Because of the rise in US pertussis cases, some people should not wait 10 years to get their Tdap booster. 2  Pregnant women especially need Tdap vaccine because of the protection it provides against whooping cough. 3  They should get it late in the second trimester or in the third trimester.
2 Answers. 0. The Td vaccine protects you against getting tetanus and diphtheria only. The Tdap vaccine will not only protect you from those two diseases but also from pertussis (whooping cough). As a child, you may have been immunized against pertussis, but that immunity wears off over time, so by the time you enter college, you probably arenât immune to pertussis any more. Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory illness that often leads to other more serious illness.