Dr. Howard Forman on the recent polio outbreak in NY

Maybe this civilization is officially too stupid to survive.

Every choice made seems to load on the species not surviving the next 100 yrs.

Yes I agree, there seems to be a lack of intelligence, judgement, practicality and morality.

We are letting ruthless psychopaths collapse civilization.

I had all three with no issues. I can distinctly remember getting them but was lucky to have not really felt particularly ill. In fact, I was a little put out I had to stay in bed. I did, of course, get the polio and small pox vaccines.

Despite my easy time with those afflictions, if I'd had children I would not have hesitated to vaccinate them. I have a nephew who is totally anti-vaccine of any sort and he has a 6 year old daughter. I have the burden of carrying a worry that she will get sick and not be as fortunate as I was. And, yes, he and his siblings were fully vaccinated and suffered no problems. Why he's gone down this rabbit hole is a total mystery.

And, of course, I was vaccinated for a plethora of things when I was in the Navy. I should try and find out what all of them were. The only one that I really remember was the yellow fever vaccination I got before being stationed in Iceland. Made zero sense to me but who was I to argue?

I guess they usually aren't serious in kids but can be a problem for adults.
Polio is a serious threat to unvaccinated kids.

I only ever got chicken pox.