Originally Posted by
kelbro
Exactly!
I was only vaccinated for MMR and Polio as a kid in the early 60s. I'm pretty sure I had a mild case of chicken pox (lots of kids in our house) and I remember my younger sister having it a little worse.
Fast forward... I travel the world in my job for the past 40 yrs. A lot of third-world countries. Dealing with people of questionable health and many that have not had many (maybe no) vaccinations. Been through several pandemics, and other high-risk environments and I have only caught the flu twice. Once in 1983 and once in 2016. Tamiflu took care of it in a couple of days on the last one. Only had food poisoning two or three times and used Cipro to knock it out in a couple of days.
Because I have been blessed with good health, I tend to discount the need for all of these vaccinations. But, I'm no spring chicken any more. I haven't slowed down (much) but I do occasionally think about the possibility of my immunity weakening and wondering if I should start considering these so-called preventive measures.