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Originally Posted by Ben Franklin
I agree, but don't you think posts like the one above, helps make it unbearable? We'll get through it though. Try sticking to the posts that interests you, then you won't have to complain.
One other thought on vaccines, if our parents or grandparents hadn't gotten the vaccines in 1918 and/or the 50s and 60s, those who refuse the vaccine today, might not be around now to complain, because they wouldn't have been born, if their grands and parents died from being unvaccinated.
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Ummm, okay, but that argument has flaws. My parents lived through an era that was rife with polio and the vaccine didn't come into use until the 1950's. Summer was high season for the spread of that disease and kids were told not to go to public swimming pools, lakes, rivers, etc. but there were no mandates or heavy-handed actions like there are nowadays and polio was a highly contagious killer or could cause serious disabilities. My dad knew a child who died of it and I know someone who was affected but recovered.
The things they are vaccinating everyone for now were considered normal, childhood illnesses like chicken pox, mumps, measles. It's overkill on the vaccines. Not to mention things like Hep A and B, the former of which my doctor told me had to be given now because of all the foreign food service workers that had it and were infecting people.
The old days were a different time with most people in America on the same page when it came to public health and there wasn't the distrust of government like there is now. I remember getting vaccines when I was young, including small pox that left the round mark on your arm, and no one ever objected or gave it another thought.
Having said that, there was some controversy over the polio vaccine especially the Sabin one, I believe. It killed and injured a lot of children because there some some defect or contamination in the manufacturing process. People then became wary of getting it and there was a government-sponsored campaign to allay fears.