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frazzled

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1. I remember her well
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:20 PM
Feb 2014

And most of us who grew up in the 1950s under the threat of polio, and when the polio vaccine was widely introduced, find it odd how this anti-vaccine movement has grown.

Which is reminding me: as we are about to become grandparents soon, we are supposed to get a pertussis booster. It's recommended for anyone who is going to be around infants.

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