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3catwoman3

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1. A rationale typically given by parents who decline the...

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:56 AM

Feb 2020

...flu shot when we bring it up at the pediatric office is, “We’ve never gotten the flu.”

I politely reply, “Past good luck is no guarantee of future good luck.”

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Maybe they should give influenza some trendy new name [View all] Clash City Rocker Feb 2020 OP

A rationale typically given by parents who decline the... 3catwoman3 Feb 2020 #1

And if we declared WAR on disease and injury then our healthcare system would get a blank check ck4829 Feb 2020 #2