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In reply to the discussion: Roald Dahl's Heartbreaking Take on Vaccines [View all]NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)2. My only regret is that I have but one rec to give this OP.
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As a young man, he had servants in Africa, and watched one die of the bite from a black mamba.
closeupready
Jan 2015
#8
It's easy to "forget" what you weren't taught. Public health issues desperately need to be curricula
Hekate
Jan 2015
#30
What a great post. Dahl was my very favorite author as a child and he remains high on that long
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#9
Of course those with "compromised immune systems" like kids with HIV would have an alternative vx
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#38
Rouald Dahl hosted and wrote for one of the greatest horror series on American TV
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jan 2015
#17
My little sister was phobic about needles, and it's an awful thing. Good Mom for braving the storm.
Hekate
Jan 2015
#55
Not to appear cruel but 20 deaths from 100,000 cases per year? Car wrecks kill more kids...
Hestia
Jan 2015
#36
Those are the deaths, not the kids who grow up permanently damaged from measels.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#53
I have a close firend who bought into the whole vaccine-autism hype and didn't
FourScore
Jan 2015
#41
The anti-vaxxers are too young to remember the horrors previous generations knew.
Vinca
Jan 2015
#44
All schools and pediatricians' offices need a "no tolerance" policy on anti-vaxers.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#54