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Walleye

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3. Back then the right wing thought fluoridation of drinking water was a communist plot

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Sun Aug 8, 2021, 04:22 PM

Aug 2021

A whole generation with cavities in their teeth and silver fillings, barbaric

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I remember getting the Polio Vaccine..There were no "ANTI VAXXERS"..then!...Were there? [View all] Stuart G Aug 2021 OP

A few outlier religious groups refused the polio vax viva la Aug 2021 #1

Back then the right wing thought fluoridation of drinking water was a communist plot Walleye Aug 2021 #3

I thought it was the most dangerous and monstrously conceived... nycbos Aug 2021 #22

Perfect. But I remember we had a chronic letter to the editor writer who was against fluoridation. Walleye Aug 2021 #24

Eisenhower was president. And he believed in promoting the general welfare of the American people Walleye Aug 2021 #2

There was also a higher level of trust in science TheProle Aug 2021 #26

Yes it's infuriating to those of us who came of age in the 60s Walleye Aug 2021 #28

Same experience here - NO antivaxxers - none jpak Aug 2021 #4

No, and trmp was a mere 'child.' elleng Aug 2021 #5

He's never been more. And he's never been Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #13

Back then the anti's lacked standing, only personal egoic opinion sanatanadharma Aug 2021 #6

Yes, ....THE INTERNET.....has ....."THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY"..to quote someone.. Stuart G Aug 2021 #10

There was no Fox News. sarcasmo Aug 2021 #7

Ha ha. Look below. marybourg Aug 2021 #11

Ha... sarcasmo Aug 2021 #12

There was good polio vax acceptance, but this 1930's comic depicting SMALLPOX ANTI-VAXXERS hlthe2b Aug 2021 #8

Excellent article. crickets Aug 2021 #15

They were rooting against our Olympic athletes. We're lost Walleye Aug 2021 #29

There was no Fox News. marybourg Aug 2021 #9

Fortunately for me, my mother wasn't anti-vaxx. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #14

I remember people in my neighborhood saying the vaccine gave you polio. Jim__ Aug 2021 #16

The mistake was that Cutter Labs did not put in enough formaldehyde to kill the live virus womanofthehills Aug 2021 #25

We lined up at school... and that was that. ananda Aug 2021 #17

Yep. And I remember kids in front of me screaming their heads off. Scottie Mom Aug 2021 #20

Oh, so you were standing behind my baby sister, were you? Hekate Aug 2021 #34

So...is she a red head? Scottie Mom Aug 2021 #36

I'm certain that even Donald Trump got the polio shot as a child Walleye Aug 2021 #30

Those photos and news stories of polio victims Deminpenn Aug 2021 #18

Also no Facebook either. Initech Aug 2021 #19

Our parents weren't paranoid Nazi assholes. Chainfire Aug 2021 #21

as soon as the polio vaccine was available mom malaise Aug 2021 #23

Children were dying. People were extremely fearful. I was a kid then and kids enough Aug 2021 #27

Maybe there might have been a few, but we never heard of them FakeNoose Aug 2021 #31

I was only about five years old at the time, but I don't remember any resistance. Brother Mythos Aug 2021 #32

No scar from the polio vax -- that was from the smallpox vaccination. Mine was the size of a dime... Hekate Aug 2021 #39

You're right, I was clearly mistaken. Brother Mythos Aug 2021 #41

No problem. I was amused when a nurse called over a student nurse to show her my ancient scar... Hekate Aug 2021 #42

Yes, but they were few & our parents called them "religious nuts" Hekate Aug 2021 #33

As a kid, I hated that shot Poiuyt Aug 2021 #35

re: Were there? - there absolutely were! BadGimp Aug 2021 #37

Nope. Just a whole lot of really relieved people. nt leftyladyfrommo Aug 2021 #38

There was a hot vaccine. ... my Mom called my Dad Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #40