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My grandma is 90 and was talking about the times before vaccination for measles.

She lived through a time where a doctor would visit the house and just put up a sign saying you had the disease and to quarantine, hopefully you made it through. That's basically all they could do. But she knew of some kid who was intellectually healthy before but when she got the measles it handicapped her severely. It was sad knowing that's what happened and in this case it wasn't anyone's fault either because they didn't have the vaccine. After the vaccine, the disease was nearly non existent and now it's come back.

I thought about the irony of anti vaxxers not vaccinating their child because they think it would cause diseases like that only to find out that not getting it causes things like that to happen. I thought that was crazy.
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I've heard older relatives talk about an era when, if a cousin had mumps or chicken pox, they would often bring their kids to the sick cousin to get infected, because a planned infection was better.

And then there's George Washington, who in 1777 ordered the inoculation of all Continental Army soldiers against smallpox. They didn't have vaccine, but they had some mild cases of smallpox available, and Washington made sure every soldier was exposed to the mild version which would protect against a severe version.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/washington-inoculates-army
There was an older kid in my neighborhood growing up who was autistic, deaf and blind from Measles as a baby.
SatanBurger · 36-40, FVIP
@JonLosAngeles66 That's sad
@SatanBurger the vaccine introduced in 1963. Growing up I knew older teenagers who had had Polio as well. This anti-science willful ignorance thing isn't remotely funny anymore.
fionawill · F
@JonLosAngeles66 rubella was common with german measels and caused all sorts of birth defects if it was contracted during pregnancy
exexec · 70-79, C
My sister had measles and mumps, but I never got either. The only vaccine we had was for polio, and we were all afraid of polio and iron lungs.
Carla · 61-69, F
I had measles, mumps and chicken pox. All sucked. I have an older cousin who has polio.
The idea that a parent would choose to allow their children to become ill, sometimes deathy ill, is difficult to wrap my head around.
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@Carla I had chicken pox as an adult when my then school age now adult sun got it. I was about 30 . I'm 56 now.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
I was in the Navy boot camp swimming pool when I came down with the measles in 1969.
OldBrit · 61-69, M
I wonder if in the future when looking at some mass measles outbreak and loads dead or disabled through it some will start looking to blame those that led these anti vaccination movements and they are then being brought to the courts accused of mass manslaughter.
Kstrong · 56-60, F
@Diotrephes I realise that, masked up and took precautions
Kstrong · 56-60, F
@Diotrephes you did what was right for you.... As I did for myself
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markinkansas · 61-69, M
might be coming back
TrashCat · M
My Grandpa's brother had polio because he wasn't vaccinated. Wait until that little bugger returns
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
Fascinating and disturbing how we are turning away from science and facts to superstition and conspiracies
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tobynshorty · 51-55, F
@zonavar68 I agree with you about Covid vax. I didn’t think there was enough information to make it safe to put in my body.
SatanBurger · 36-40, FVIP
@zonavar68 you did roll the dice, there's adequate evidence of anti vaxxers dying at larger rates. That's also going on with measles. You gambled.
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@SatanBurger Do you trust the data? Remember commercial science tends to favour those who fund it, and that was totally evident around Covid vaxes.

 
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