Roald Dahl's daughter contracted measles and died from complications, this is their story.

[Bluebelle76]

16. Thank You for Posting.

I had the usual childhood illnesses (Boomer, 1946 vintage). Parents who skip vaccines had better factor in the weeks of recovery time their children will require with each illness. And modern schools are not sympathetic toward sick children. And employers definitely don't want employees gone for weeks at a time.

I had miserable cases of all the usual now-preventable plagues. The only one that didn't interfere with school was whooping cough. I got that as a toddler. And it nearly killed a toddler I grew up with. Still, we were lucky. Many children weren't.