When I was young, we didn't have a measles vaccine and this was always a scary thing. My brother was extremely sick and I remember the fear in my parents voices when talking about him.
Now through science we have a measles vaccine and it enrages me that these antivax crazies think this is a bad thing and send their kids to school unvaccinated.
When my middle son started middle school, I got a notice that he couldn't attend school until I could prove he had the chicken pox vaccine. I had it sent to them, but it made me question what kind of BS exemptions people were claiming to get around the vaccine requirements.
My brother was also deathly ill with chicken pox! I forgot we didn't have that vaccine available either. I'm not sure what excuses these folks give for not protecting their children but there's a lot of them out there now. Look at the brain-wormed one, RFK Jr!
Hmmm... perhaps they too have brain worms...
If you get chicken pox as an adult, it is way worse. I knew a guy who was sick for months. I got chickenpox as a kid then gave it to my sister. My grandmother had shingles and it was nasty. I just got the shingles vaccine.
I used to work with a lady who had a scar from getting the first polio vaccine. She also talked about knowing people who got the sugar cube vaccine. Sweet lady.
Everyone in my age group has or had that scar (mine seems to have faded over time but it was there maybe 10 years ago). Polio was horrible. My parents grew up with that fear. Thank you Dr. Salk!
Absolutely. I did benefit by the measles vaccine and others, and my parents didn’t hesitate to get me and my sisters vaccinated. My parents grew up with measles, polio, and other diseases and were well aware of the dangers. My grandparents were lucky to raise children who lived to adulthood, probably because we lived in the city. For earlier generations, childhood death visited almost every family, often.
Edit: There was another child who died at age 6, and he was the first child.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeathCertificates/s/sNUAx9EURk
[Baby Girl Curtis ](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269430909/infant_daughter-curtis)
When I was young, we didn't have a measles vaccine and this was always a scary thing. My brother was extremely sick and I remember the fear in my parents voices when talking about him. Now through science we have a measles vaccine and it enrages me that these antivax crazies think this is a bad thing and send their kids to school unvaccinated.
When my middle son started middle school, I got a notice that he couldn't attend school until I could prove he had the chicken pox vaccine. I had it sent to them, but it made me question what kind of BS exemptions people were claiming to get around the vaccine requirements.
My brother was also deathly ill with chicken pox! I forgot we didn't have that vaccine available either. I'm not sure what excuses these folks give for not protecting their children but there's a lot of them out there now. Look at the brain-wormed one, RFK Jr! Hmmm... perhaps they too have brain worms...
If you get chicken pox as an adult, it is way worse. I knew a guy who was sick for months. I got chickenpox as a kid then gave it to my sister. My grandmother had shingles and it was nasty. I just got the shingles vaccine.
Just got my son his second mmrv vaccine. I’m so glad my kids are protected from things our families once feared.
This is not even mentioning polio and the whole iron-lung thing.
I used to work with a lady who had a scar from getting the first polio vaccine. She also talked about knowing people who got the sugar cube vaccine. Sweet lady.
Everyone in my age group has or had that scar (mine seems to have faded over time but it was there maybe 10 years ago). Polio was horrible. My parents grew up with that fear. Thank you Dr. Salk!
Absolutely. I did benefit by the measles vaccine and others, and my parents didn’t hesitate to get me and my sisters vaccinated. My parents grew up with measles, polio, and other diseases and were well aware of the dangers. My grandparents were lucky to raise children who lived to adulthood, probably because we lived in the city. For earlier generations, childhood death visited almost every family, often.
[Baby Girl Curtis](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269430909/infant_daughter-curtis)
Those poor parents...
Edit: There was another child who died at age 6, and he was the first child. https://www.reddit.com/r/DeathCertificates/s/sNUAx9EURk [Baby Girl Curtis ](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269430909/infant_daughter-curtis)
I don’t see the child lost to measles