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jeffreyi

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4. Damn.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:33 PM

Dec 30

That's about the same year I had measles. Sick in bed for 3 weeks. Messed up my eyesight. The vaccination was not available. Kids tried to get measles, mumps, chicken pox to get them over with.

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Roald Dahl's daughter contracted measles and died from complications, this is their story. [View all] Swede Dec 30 OP

Parents are going to have a painful and steep learning curve if they do not get their kids vaxxed. Irish_Dem Dec 30 #1

What a tragedy! How awful for all of them in that family. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 30 #2

The measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, one year after her death. Ms. Toad Dec 30 #3

Damn. jeffreyi Dec 30 #4

Yeah, I did as well. I had what my doctor said was a "light case." And I contracted encephalitis. Texin Dec 31 #20

Wow! I never knew that. gopiscrap Dec 30 #5

My uncle had German Measles and ended up slightlv Dec 30 #8

Her mom was actress Patricia Neal MacKasey Dec 30 #6

I didn't know that they were married. MLAA Dec 30 #7

I just google Roald Dahl and this article popped up. MLAA Dec 30 #9

Not registering, not allowing newstatesman to access anything. niyad Dec 30 #12

I should have posted a few paragraphs, sorry. MLAA Dec 31 #14

Thank you for this. I only knew that he was a very popular author of niyad Dec 31 #15

When I was 15 I met a girl my age who had survived mumps encephalitis. She was blind, crippled... Hekate Dec 30 #10

Truly tragic. WinstonSmith4740 Dec 30 #11

I've heard that nonsense about Vaccinations causing Autism. You should see the faces of the IDIOTS when I ask them to The_REAL_Ecumenist Dec 31 #13

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