uchu
Senior Member
Antivax is the new normal, sadly.
One of the tenets of authoritarianism in Orwell's "1984" was "ignorance is strength"Antivax is the new normal, sadly.
You do know you're on social media?Think? We will have none of that. Just use social media to stimulate your emotions and thereby program all your options and thoughts.
Gayle & Bob
"Los Gatos Casita"
Not for much longer...and history has shown it is best to leave early...and we are fortunate that we can. Have a blessed and great day and happy trails!You do know you're on social media?
In the deep south when you finally got up to go the family you were visiting always said "Ya'll don't rush off now". It was like the church lady hug, full of meaning.Not for much longer...and history has shown it is best to leave early...and we are fortunate that we can. Have a blessed and great day and happy trails!
Gayle & Bob
"Los Gatos Casita"
MMR= Measles, Mumps, Rubella.Measles was eradicated in the US meaning the only (extremely rare) cases were those that came from overseas where vaccinations are not always available. That has turned around due to the anti-vax sentiments. And I must be significantly older than you because MMR vaccinations came well after I had both “red measles” (the second M) and rubella. When I was pregnant, my titers were checked and it confirmed those. I never had a significant case of the mumps, but my mom thought I had it. But I know people my age who became blind after having measles, a boy who a teenager with me in agony with mumps, and a man my age who was mentally challenged due to his mother catching rubella while pregnant. I also know people who had polio. Note the ones I know were the lucky ones who survived.
I thought that was the polio vaccination. I can still see the scar on my right arm, but I know where to look. The TB vaccination was given on my forearm, it too with the needle prick/stabbing thing.That is definitely smallpox. I got my first smallpox vaccination when I was about 7, but I got mine at the doctor's office. My doctor used to give the vaccination to boys on their arms, while girls got it high up on their hip so it would not show with sleeveless clothing!
Smallpox vaccine was not an injection. They had a needle that they poked into a vice of serum and then tapped the needle onto the skin several times. It was just a series of pinpricks, not deep at all, but it would get bigger during the next week and form a big crust which itched like crazy and fell off after a week or two. I remember staying home from school for a couple of days because mine got so red and inflamed.
Way back in the 50s, almost everyone had a big scar from a smallpox vaccination on their arms. Now almost no one gets the vaccine because the disease is supposedly gone worldwide.
And, since I am a full-timer, I am always RVing, but I am really taking it easy.
Polio was an oral vaccine. Sugar cube in fact. At least for me.I thought that was the polio vaccination. I can still see the scar on my right arm, but I know where to look. The TB vaccination was given on my forearm, it too with the needle prick/stabbing thing.
I didn't have all of those childhood shots and as a result contracted measles in the 40's, then mumps in 50's/ high school. When I was drafted I got everything again, plus a plague shot and others I never knew the names.
The Sabin live virus sugar cube polio vaccination was introduced in the early 60s, before that the Salk dead virus vaccine was delivered via a shot. I was born in 1953 and wound up getting both - the Salk shot and then the next year the Sabin sugar cube when it became available. Both were administered to all the students at my school.Polio was an oral vaccine. Sugar cube in fact. At least for me.
Everyone should have a DTAP every 10 years at minimum. The “T” is for tetanus. For those of us who are somewhat klutzy (ME!) I end up getting one every 5-6 years due to some type of injury. But my daughter, a midwife, says everyone around newborns and small children should have them to protect the child too. So if it has been over 10 years, get your shot! Tetanus is a horrifying way to die, and accidentally giving a child whooping cough would be even worse than the adult symptoms.The doctor said almost older people have lost the immunity from the vaccine they received as a child and need a booster. He recommended we should get the DTAP shot. He also said grandparents that not vaccinated that are around grandchildren younger than 4 months older are putting the grandchild at risk.
Thanks for the memory jolt; now I remember the sugar cube with the pink in it, and I remember the shot too. Man that was a loong time ago; early 50's I think.The Sabin live virus sugar cube polio vaccination was introduced in the early 60s, before that the Salk dead virus vaccine was delivered via a shot. I was born in 1953 and wound up getting both - the Salk shot and then the next year the Sabin sugar cube when it became available. Both were administered to all the students at my school.
During high school in the late '60s I had a friend who got polio when he was 2 years old. He was totally paralyzed below the chest and had only limited use of his arms and hands. He slept in an iron lung to assist his breathing and needed a chest brace and leg braces to sit upright in a bulky electric wheelchair powered by a pair of golf cart batteries.Thanks for the memory jolt; now I remember the sugar cube with the pink in it, and I remember the shot too. Man that was a loong time ago; early 50's I think.
I also remember the boy at my grade school wearing a full-leg brace attached to his shoe. He never came out to play during recess. That was incentive enough not to balk at the shot.