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slightlv

(3,025 posts)
37. I'm with you!
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 01:48 PM
Mar 2024

I went thru measles, chickenpox, and about everything else that hit the school. At one point both myself and my brother had the measles and my little sister had whooping cough and something else that turned her face red as a beet. I don't know how my mom lived through us. My sis was only a baby at the time.

Personally, these antivaxxers should be up on child abuse charges afaic. My uncle had rubella as a child and it left him mentally retarded.

I think once a state hits a certain percentage of infections a quarantine should be placed on the state. If they want to go back to the old days of no vaccine, then they should abide by the bad old laws that went with it. But I really have heartburn with these stupid parents. If they want to take a chance of killing their own kids, we can't stop them. But we don't have to let them start a pandemic throughout the rest of the country. Imo

Ladapo Should lose his medical license JohnSJ Mar 2024 #1
He needs to go the way of Andrew Wakefield. hatrack Mar 2024 #8
Yup JohnSJ Mar 2024 #10
Absolutely! ShazzieB Mar 2024 #33
To think Repugs liked to call Obama a "witch doctor" (racist memes included) over Obamacare peppertree Mar 2024 #34
Absolutely. SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #47
Wherever republican'ts go they make a shithole. nt The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2024 #2
For a State full of Seniors, this is not a good trend. Baitball Blogger Mar 2024 #3
Yeah, and BYOB now means "Bring Your Own Box" to go home in. RKP5637 Mar 2024 #6
Yes. Also not a good trend for a state whose #1 industry is tourism. tanyev Mar 2024 #7
I really hope the vaccines we received as children hold their effectiveness forever. lark Mar 2024 #12
My sister had the MMR vax in 1962 or thereabouts when she was maybe 18 months old yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #16
the health department brought the vaccines to us. yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #18
Anyone who refuses the vaccine should be excluded from public school. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2024 #64
Probably most of those seniors Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #17
they probably had the diseases if they are over 60. yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #21
Oh wow, you really went through the wringer Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #23
I got bit by a bear when I was 4 YO jpak Mar 2024 #27
I'm with you! slightlv Mar 2024 #37
Your sister might have also had viral Fifth disease caused by Parvo B19 or roseola from a herpes virus. Backseat Driver Mar 2024 #40
I think it was roseola... slightlv Mar 2024 #53
Vaccine stories: I'm that old. Younger sib(s) and I suffered through measles (for which the local government came Backseat Driver Mar 2024 #38
Hard to believe the United States population slightlv Mar 2024 #54
I am not an anti-vaxxer but shingles was just not on my radar. LisaM Mar 2024 #35
Yes. Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #65
My aunt had lung cancer mgardener Mar 2024 #68
This is the peculiar thing to me, The anti vaxxer I know, had vaccines as a kid tulipsandroses Mar 2024 #36
Maybe this person did have side effects from the vaccines. generalbetrayus Mar 2024 #66
A lot of those seniors never had the MMR vaccine, due to it not existing whn we were kids. ShazzieB Mar 2024 #39
Of course, BonnieJW Mar 2024 #42
Measles will affect the children more- most of the seniors are probably immuned SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #48
Clearly gov. DeSantis's kind of guy. No land of "fun in the sun," it's now "Land of Disease!" Take your pick ... RKP5637 Mar 2024 #4
Infants who caught measles usually died. marybourg Mar 2024 #5
We so do not expect death from measles, that even one casualty is one too many. Baitball Blogger Mar 2024 #9
I had a 105 degree fever from the German measles - before there was a vaccine. lark Mar 2024 #11
my German measles (also known as rubella or the "3 day" measles) was fairly mild yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #15
The sickest I have ever been in my life was with "regular" measles dflprincess Mar 2024 #63
I had a nasty case of measles at age 9 in 1957. The sickest I ever was yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #13
Wow Danascot Mar 2024 #49
I got the measles on Thanksgiving day when I was 8 jpak Mar 2024 #56
At this rate, they won't be the 3rd most populous state for long. paleotn Mar 2024 #14
Zero thoughts and prayers. aeromanKC Mar 2024 #19
You elect Republicans, you get Republican policies. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #28
"The surgeon general is Ron DeSantis's lapdog, and says whatever DeSantis wants him to say." sop Mar 2024 #20
Or his paymasters. rubbersole Mar 2024 #31
Vaccines Aside, Florida is Also Threatened in No Small Measure by Global Climate Change, panfluteman Mar 2024 #22
SO has the media gotten around to ask this sick fuck........did you or did you not have "all" of your turbinetree Mar 2024 #24
Vote for an idiot and what you'll get is idiocy. calimary Mar 2024 #25
The truly sad thing... surfered Mar 2024 #26
Qualifies for a ""shit hole" state? PortTack Mar 2024 #29
By my definition, DeathSantis has officially turned Florida into one. ShazzieB Mar 2024 #41
It's just so sad! Little boots..cares nothing for the ppl of FL. The latest being the measles outbreak! PortTack Mar 2024 #67
I suspect he's a sociopath, like TSF. ShazzieB Mar 2024 #70
OK this is bullshit orangecrush Mar 2024 #30
or seal the border and set the place on fire JoseBalow Mar 2024 #45
+1 orangecrush Mar 2024 #60
"...his advocacy for the use of leeches..." markodochartaigh Mar 2024 #32
Florida voters that put those morons in office are to blame SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #43
Apparently this is what the voters in Florida want JoseBalow Mar 2024 #44
No problem. The mortality rate is only .003. Marcuse Mar 2024 #46
Remember when DeShitStain sent that squad of state troopers.... wolfie001 Mar 2024 #50
Great point. Largely forgotten and under publicized Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #57
Thank you! wolfie001 Mar 2024 #62
Pity the children. And if you can find any leaches, send them to the FL Surgeon General for god's sake! dutch777 Mar 2024 #51
A family member in law was diagnosed with TB mgardener Mar 2024 #52
It's the devil,I tells ya. He's testing your faith. Of course he's betting with your soul, no risk on him. keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #55
What a shithole state. Magat Lardo and Death Sentence DeSatan. Ivy grads. Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #58
Had Polio when I was a year and a half old... mbusby Mar 2024 #59
My friend contracted LittleGirl Mar 2024 #61
Ladapo is chairing the MILGA movement Best_man23 Mar 2024 #69
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