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My parents didn't vaccinate me HockeyMom Feb 2015 #1
You were born prior to 1798? Liberal Veteran Feb 2015 #3
Dpt and polio HockeyMom Feb 2015 #9
Yes, we get it, you survived. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #4
Glad you anti-vaxxer trolls think polio is funny geek tragedy Feb 2015 #8
Doctors generally perform that task. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #10
We are EXTREMELY close to eradicating polio. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #2
It's a very serious deal. There are many people onecaliberal Feb 2015 #5
Back when I was a kid, parents LOVED vaccines. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #6
People definitely have no idea. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #7
You can thank the CIA for putting back eradication efforts, as well, unfortunately Spider Jerusalem Feb 2015 #12
I was aware of that. It's sad and extreme unfortunate. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #13
I know, and it sucks. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #14
I've generally stayed out of the lists on this one. But I must ask: are there some parents who are KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #16
Most anti-vaxxers refuse all vaccinations. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #17
Yes many give none. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #18
My God. I wonder what Jonas Salk would have to say. He didn't make a dime KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #19
Polio is no longer a routine vaccination in the US. jeff47 Feb 2015 #24
Is that right? I had no idea, just knew that it devastated families back in the 20th Century and one KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #25
I believe so. Cleita Feb 2015 #11
The last case of smallpox in the wild on the planet was in Sudan in 1978. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #15
My wife is a Pediatrics nurse. Adsos Letter Feb 2015 #20
Or probably whooping cough, which I got at the age of four, but is now Cleita Feb 2015 #21
Yup. Although they've certainly begun to see it Adsos Letter Feb 2015 #23
Yes, whooping cough is back in California onecaliberal Feb 2015 #26
Even in my old age I get all the shots I should have like flu and pnuemonia Cleita Feb 2015 #22
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