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Ocelot II

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30. They've never seen most childhood diseases, not just polio.

Reply to DJ Synikus Makisimus (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 15, 2024, 03:48 PM

Nov 15

They never got measles, chicken pox or mumps. They've barely even heard of smallpox. If you've never experienced something or even know someone who did, it's almost meaningless - those diseases are historical relics, just like cholera, which we don't think much about any more because we have good sanitation systems. I'm afraid we'll get a reminder, though, because most of the anti-vaxxers have never seen what can happen. RFKJr is old enough to know better, but he has a brain worm.

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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