Thread: Measles

I guess most folks born in the 60s and beyond have no experience or frame of reference to how short life can be and how cruel nature can be. I dare say most folks alive today are beneficiaries of modern medicine and science. Without it a large percentage of us wouldn't be here. Either our folks would have died at young ages or we would have.

I also dare say if some pathogen started wiping us out like flies see how fast the anti vaxxers would start clamoring for someone to do something.

As far as the older flu vaccines go they were made from a weakened form of the bug and it was common to get mildly sick after getting the shot. Some would get quite sick but not as sick as the flu could do. Those formulas haven't been used in a long time now. I don't know anyone who has gotten sick from the flu shot in a very long time.