Thank for all the research you did to write this post. I’ll be restocking it. Also, I love your epitaph & plan on adopting it: “We arrived late, but we made it.”
I'm one of the earliest boomers and thus was born pre-many vaccines.
I spent days hospitalized in an oxygen tent due to double pneumonia with measles at age 2. I also remember my R.N. talking about the winter I and my older brothers shared German measles and mumps - sequentially.
Many have forgotten how bad 'childhood' diseases can be.
Thank you..I’m an old woman that lived during the polio outbreak and had a classmate who unfortunately did not survive the disease. So despite having no kids in my household any longer, I’m restacking your post. I, too, had the “bug” your family recently experienced despite a flu shot. I conveyed my bug-ridden status to a neighbor who was attempting a close encounter and advised that I didn’t want to pass my illness along also that it might be a good idea to consider a flu vacination. The response was “I don’t believe in all the vacination “hype!” No thought beyond her own bubble. Your info re: shots for infants makes her stance quite callous.
Thank you for this clear analysis!! As a child of the polio era…I will never understand how folks can ignore science and its huge benefits for our long term health personally and community wise!!
I'm a dedicated vax'er and I fully understand that the study which told of a link between vaccines and autism was DISPROVED. It was erroneous. It was wrong. Nonetheless, it caught on like a virus and has been perpetuated by irresponsible people and frightened parents ... and narcissists like RFK Jr who want to distinguish themselves by being anti-establishment. Absolutely everyone should talk to a medical professional about this ie) a medical doctor, pharmacist, nurse practitioner. Over 4,000 cases so far in 2026 ... so unnecessary and tragic.
My grandson was about six months old when he acquired measles, apparently from a supermarket trip with his mother. He was in isolation in hospital, with only his mother, for about a week. Someone else’s indifference severely impacted him, luckily without any of the potential long-term effects.
From the pre-vaccine era in the UK, I had measles at the age of 7 in the early 1960s, and duly passed it on to my younger siblings. I can remember being very ill with it, and my youngest sibling, who was only 2 at the time, has lifelong issues related to it. Please, get the vaccinations!
Thank for all the research you did to write this post. I’ll be restocking it. Also, I love your epitaph & plan on adopting it: “We arrived late, but we made it.”
Thank you for this useful information.
I'm one of the earliest boomers and thus was born pre-many vaccines.
I spent days hospitalized in an oxygen tent due to double pneumonia with measles at age 2. I also remember my R.N. talking about the winter I and my older brothers shared German measles and mumps - sequentially.
Many have forgotten how bad 'childhood' diseases can be.
Thank you..I’m an old woman that lived during the polio outbreak and had a classmate who unfortunately did not survive the disease. So despite having no kids in my household any longer, I’m restacking your post. I, too, had the “bug” your family recently experienced despite a flu shot. I conveyed my bug-ridden status to a neighbor who was attempting a close encounter and advised that I didn’t want to pass my illness along also that it might be a good idea to consider a flu vacination. The response was “I don’t believe in all the vacination “hype!” No thought beyond her own bubble. Your info re: shots for infants makes her stance quite callous.
Thank you for this clear analysis!! As a child of the polio era…I will never understand how folks can ignore science and its huge benefits for our long term health personally and community wise!!
I'm a dedicated vax'er and I fully understand that the study which told of a link between vaccines and autism was DISPROVED. It was erroneous. It was wrong. Nonetheless, it caught on like a virus and has been perpetuated by irresponsible people and frightened parents ... and narcissists like RFK Jr who want to distinguish themselves by being anti-establishment. Absolutely everyone should talk to a medical professional about this ie) a medical doctor, pharmacist, nurse practitioner. Over 4,000 cases so far in 2026 ... so unnecessary and tragic.
I was almost hospitalized for measles in 1965. I wouldn't wish the dose I had on anybody.
We also need to be aware of the severe potential consequences when a pregnant woman gets Rubella aka the German measles.
My grandson was about six months old when he acquired measles, apparently from a supermarket trip with his mother. He was in isolation in hospital, with only his mother, for about a week. Someone else’s indifference severely impacted him, luckily without any of the potential long-term effects.
From the pre-vaccine era in the UK, I had measles at the age of 7 in the early 1960s, and duly passed it on to my younger siblings. I can remember being very ill with it, and my youngest sibling, who was only 2 at the time, has lifelong issues related to it. Please, get the vaccinations!