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Anyone who's read my posts knows I'm the last one who would defend our current immigration mess. Past, present, or future.
But, that said, this is much ado about very little. I had the measles as a kid....and so did every other kid in the neighborhood in close time proximity. Growing up in the 50s, it was just a fact of life that you were going to have measles, mumps, and chickenpox - usually before you were 10. Although measles can be serious, it usually isn't. And I don't remember ever hearing of any hospitalizations due to measles back in the day. And, like I said, we all had it. It's not that big a' deal.
Younger people freak out about it today because they're not used to it. We were.
Anyone who's read my posts knows I'm the last one who would defend our current immigration mess. Past, present, or future.
But, that said, this is much ado about very little. I had the measles as a kid....and so did every other kid in the neighborhood in close time proximity. Growing up in the 50s, it was just a fact of life that you were going to have measles, mumps, and chickenpox - usually before you were 10. Although measles can be serious, it usually isn't. And I don't remember ever hearing of any hospitalizations due to measles back in the day. And, like I said, we all had it. It's not that big a' deal.
Younger people freak out about it today because they're not used to it. We were.
I appreciate your perspective, but we don't really want diseases that were largely eradicated coming back.
This is what happens when parents are too stupid to have their kids immunized. They are also too stupid to understand the statistical risk analysis and the chances of being damaged by an immunization vs the chances of contracting the disease and suffering its effects.
Wonder what is going to happen when smallpox hits again? How many parents are going to decide, when they no longer have a child, that maybe they should have used their gray matter when deciding on immunizations?
Anyone who's read my posts knows I'm the last one who would defend our current immigration mess. Past, present, or future.
But, that said, this is much ado about very little. I had the measles as a kid....and so did every other kid in the neighborhood in close time proximity. Growing up in the 50s, it was just a fact of life that you were going to have measles, mumps, and chickenpox - usually before you were 10. Although measles can be serious, it usually isn't. And I don't remember ever hearing of any hospitalizations due to measles back in the day. And, like I said, we all had it. It's not that big a' deal.
Younger people freak out about it today because they're not used to it. We were.
Yes, and at one time, polio was a fact of life. At one time huge flu epidemics were a fact of life. And at one time, getting smallpox or TB was often a fact of life, which in turn meant it was a fact of life that you lost family members often to these two diseases. Luckily we don't have to deal with those particular facts of life anymore.
I had measles as a kid as well and it sucked. So did my cousin, and more than sucked. It nearly took her. I think it's really quite unwise to blow this stuff off. Parents are afraid to have their children immunized because of an absolutely minuscule chance of adverse reactions to the immunization. I think if they saw an alternative such as smallpox, they might just "get it." Granted, measles are nowhere near as serious as smallpox in most all cases. But not having your children protected against them sets a pattern. And in some cases they are gambling with their kid's lives.
I appreciate your perspective, but we don't really want diseases that were largely eradicated coming back.
I don't disagree, though vaxing can get overzealous and be overdone. Just sayin' measles isn't TB, Ebola, Plague or the like.
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