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1. But dontcha know vaccines aren't safe?

Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:36 PM

Nov 15

Smallpox vaccines only go back to the late 1700s, and inoculations at least several decades before that. We gotta do more testing!

People used to have "measles parties" and similar for their kids: the premise was that if the kids were exposed to someone with the disease they were less likely to get it, or at least get a milder case. Measles and chicken pox still spread through my elementary school. And I attribute my Covid vaccinations to my having only a slight cough and some tiredness when I tested positive.

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Jeff Tiedrich: Why the fuck would anybody voluntarily want to go back to that, it fucking sucked [View all] Dennis Donovan Nov 15 OP

But dontcha know vaccines aren't safe? Retrograde Nov 15 #1

I remember those days as well. I had all those diseases. And now I'm vulnerable to shingles because of Chickenpox Walleye Nov 15 #2

I have had shingles Henry203 Nov 15 #3

Getting that shingle shot is next on my list Walleye Nov 15 #6

I concur - I had a patch the size of a 50 cent piece on my back near my belt line. Probatim Nov 15 #10

I hhad it on my face and ear. Henry203 Nov 15 #17

Get the shingles vaccine. LisaM Nov 15 #12

Great advice, I'm planning on doing that with my next Social Security check. Since Medicare doesn't cover , no part D Walleye Nov 15 #18

Check with your pharmacy! colorado_ufo Nov 15 #28

Thank you, I'll work it out somehow. Walleye Nov 15 #31

It didn't used to be covered, but I think it is now TexasBushwhacker Nov 15 #45

I don't have a Medicare part D prescription drug plan. Many of the new benefits depend on getting one of those. Walleye Nov 15 #48

Get Part D while you can TexasBushwhacker Nov 15 #51

Definitely looking into it Walleye Nov 15 #53

Tell me about it... littlemissmartypants Nov 15 #54

It took me 2 years to get my feleling back Henry203 Nov 15 #20

There's a vaccine for shingles now. Xipe Totec Nov 15 #61

Yep, gotta get that shot Walleye Nov 15 #62

Get the shingles shots. There are a series of 2. I recently got the measles, mumps, rubella and others shots also. camartinwv Saturday #66

That's good advice. Making a trip to the pharmacy next week. Walleye Saturday #67

Same here. I got all those diseases kids used to get, Ocelot II Nov 15 #4

I remember lining up in first grade for the polio shot, when it was finally invented. We loved it we were allowed to go Walleye Nov 15 #21

But we cant call Trump voters stupid Johonny Nov 15 #5

I gotta believe they're stupid. Or sadistic. Walleye Nov 15 #22

They're brainwashed. They've been led down a rathole of rightwing media propaganda over the last 40 years. diane in sf Nov 15 #39

A lot of it is the result of laziness. Lazy thinking. Walleye Nov 15 #49

All true... GiqueCee Saturday #65

"I love the poorly educated." Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #70

The term "retarded" has gone out of vogue JoseBalow Nov 15 #43

I like dipshit, was one of my boyfriend's favorite words about any dumb lightweight guy Walleye Saturday #68

So, the (R) after a politician's name means Retard Party? I like it. hunter Saturday #73

they are fucking disgrace Skittles Nov 15 #59

Inside out smart? nt GiqueCee Saturday #64

"I think I read a story a few years ago about somebody surviving rabies so struggle4progress Nov 15 #7

There are some people who are so antivax TexasBushwhacker Nov 15 #47

Most Americans of the present have never seen polio, so it doesn't exist. DJ Synikus Makisimus Nov 15 #8

They've never seen most childhood diseases, not just polio. Ocelot II Nov 15 #30

I Remember the kids who showed up with braces on their legs. And they were the lucky ones. Walleye Nov 15 #35

They were in every single school I ever went to. No ramps or other architectural help. If they couldn't climb stairs... Hekate Saturday #74

This is the America that Trump and Musk want to go back to Walleye Saturday #75

I have a feeling the the anti-vax people on the left (yes, they exist) progressoid Nov 15 #9

I know one who now happily supports Covid Kim, but used to "rep" Sanders. That person fell into a warren of rabbit... xocetaceans Nov 15 #24

Jeff Tiedrich: Why the fuck would anybody voluntarily want to go back to that, it fucking sucked ironman99 Nov 15 #11

Vaccines are "woke" now, or something 😐 Blue_Tires Nov 15 #13

Because this is The United States of Amnesia. nt GoCubsGo Nov 15 #14

Why even ask the question? It's a waste of time. We all know the answer(s). HUAJIAO Nov 15 #15

We meet again, in agreement JoseBalow Nov 15 #46

I had chicken pox. I had measles and mumps at the same time. My parents thought I was going to die. rsdsharp Nov 15 #16

Holy hell, I remember kids in school during the early 60s who had to wear leg braces due to Polio. Ziggysmom Nov 15 #19

They don't have a clue. Blue Full Moon Nov 15 #23

I am very hard of hearing, and I walk funny ChazInAz Nov 15 #25

My granddad had polio Tweedy Nov 15 #26

Measles is much more infectious than even covid. Ocelot II Nov 15 #34

Oh yeah. Tweedy Saturday #72

Yep, it only took a couple years for them to forget about the horrors of Covid Walleye Nov 15 #40

I am old enough too. cksmithy Nov 15 #27

I had all those as well, measles, chicken pox, Linda ladeewolf Nov 15 #29

Spewing nonsense as an author of shitty books is very different than as an officer in a position of power. Shermann Nov 15 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 15 #33

Fuck the GOP, fuck the normalization of anti-vaxxers... Karasu Nov 15 #36

The media keeps calling RFK a "vaccine skeptic". What a lame way of putting it. Walleye Nov 15 #42

I had everything but mumps and, fortunately, polio. This entire episode had me remembering when I was Vinca Nov 15 #37

I was really, really sick with measles. leftyladyfrommo Nov 15 #38

My mother has a permanent heart murmur AwakeAtLast Nov 15 #41

I remember getting the German Measles vaccine in elementary school. Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #71

Had all of those diseases Picaro Nov 15 #44

The last thing any anti-vaxxer will want todo Otto_Harper Nov 15 #50

I had measles, rubella, and chicken pox but not mumps. ShazzieB Nov 15 #52

There was an entire village a couple miles from me entirely wiped out buy doc03 Nov 15 #55

I like it that JT is on BlueSky.... speaks Cha Nov 15 #56

I remember when I got my first polio vaccine Punx Nov 15 #57

Exposure to German measles while pregnant causes deafness Danmel Nov 15 #58

repukes politicized a virus, a pandemic, vaccines, abortion Skittles Nov 15 #60

Sure we can believe the CDC and NIH Hassler Nov 15 #63

Sounds like Tiedrich and I are the same age, because I also remember it vividly & it was awful Hekate Saturday #69

I remember after school ?1st or 2nd grade really scratching the back of my neck and my mom coming to look, parting.... electric_blue68 Saturday #76

Thing i remember about measles Chipper Chat Saturday #77

And this just dawned on me:: Chipper Chat Saturday #78