Thread: Measles

Many people today don't have a clue as to what it was like before vaccines. I grew up knowing several people wearing braces on their legs because they were born a few years before the polio vaccine was available, and I remember photos of people lying in an iron lung because their ability to breath was affected. I remember staying home extremely ill from each of the common infections, chicken pox, mumps, and measles, and still have a few scars to prove it. Doctors still made house calls in those days, and didn't want infected children in their office exposing others, so Dr. Cats (it was probably spelled Katz, but I a doctor named "cats" was funny to me. I was fortunate and didn't suffer some of the severe sequelae that many did. I live in a state where many people don't vaccinate their children as they believe the propaganda that is spread on the internet, the same people who don't trust science and don't believe in climate change. I'm infuriated when one of the unvaccinated children exposes medically vulnerable people to these illnesses, such as infants who are too young to have been vaccinated or have yet to develop an immunity, or the aged or those who are medically fragile. Those opposed to vaccines should have to care for a young child near death in the hospital from a severe case of whooping cough.