Quote Originally Posted by kelbro View Post
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.
As you age your immunity definitely weakens. You really don't see it until you reach around 70. My wife works with little kids and she brings all kinds of bugs home. It never used to bother me but the past year or so I'm starting to come down with all kinds of stuff.

When she comes home she strips down and everything goes in the wash. I'm not sure how much that does. I told her she better consider retiring soon.