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Fri Jan 30, 2015, 08:18 PM

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Roald Dahl's Heartbreaking Take on Vaccines [View all] FourScore Jan 2015 OP

That guy was surrounded by death and illness--he lived a tempestuous life. MADem Jan 2015 #1

As a young man, he had servants in Africa, and watched one die of the bite from a black mamba. closeupready Jan 2015 #8

My only regret is that I have but one rec to give this OP. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #2

Well, I gave it another. And a kick. Orrex Jan 2015 #6

Big kick and rec! n/t zappaman Jan 2015 #3

This argument is simple. Indydem Jan 2015 #4

My grandmother went deaf from complications associated with measles abelenkpe Jan 2015 #5

It's easy to "forget" what you weren't taught. Public health issues desperately need to be curricula Hekate Jan 2015 #30

It should be taught in school. Unfortunately, Blanks Jan 2015 #49

Education must begin anew.. annabanana Jan 2015 #7

What a great post. Dahl was my very favorite author as a child and he remains high on that long Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #9

I could have written your post. narnian60 Jan 2015 #22

This makes me sad FunkyLeprechaun Jan 2015 #10

Anti-vaxxers really need to wake the fuck up. geomon666 Jan 2015 #11

The people whom I respect in the autism community user_name Jan 2015 #12

There is no such burden alarimer Jan 2015 #35

Of course those with "compromised immune systems" like kids with HIV would have an alternative vx uppityperson Jan 2015 #38

K&R mountain grammy Jan 2015 #13

K&R! TeamPooka Jan 2015 #14

Surely we don't have anti vaxers here at DU Stuckinthebush Jan 2015 #15

More than you'd think. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #19

There's a poster of anti-vaccination hysteria videos. Archae Jan 2015 #23

It's small but loud. Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #24

We have more than a few. zappaman Jan 2015 #28

A handful Hekate Jan 2015 #32

Like smallpox, measles helped Europeans to decimate and thus conquer the tblue37 Jan 2015 #16

Rouald Dahl hosted and wrote for one of the greatest horror series on American TV aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #17

I never heard of this! zappaman Jan 2015 #29

Squee! nc4bo Jan 2015 #42

C-section births and bottle feeding cause more autism ErikJ Jan 2015 #18

I have a hard time with the C-section one. Ilsa Jan 2015 #26

k&r Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #20

I can't Rec enough. blackspade Jan 2015 #21

No, it's worse. They'd risk the death of YOUR child. AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #25

K and R! hifiguy Jan 2015 #27

Anti-vaxers are fucking idiots. Iggo Jan 2015 #31

and you are a name caller, so? drynberg Jan 2015 #45

Yeah, but I'm not a fucking idiot. Iggo Jan 2015 #48

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #33

Getting children vaccinated can be traumatic. Kalidurga Jan 2015 #34

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

The twenty deaths are fairly significant to the people who die. /nt yardwork Jan 2015 #47

He wrote that in 1986 REP Jan 2015 #52

Those are the deaths, not the kids who grow up permanently damaged from measels. Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #53

Guns deaths do, too. valerief Jan 2015 #58

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2015 #37

k&r... spanone Jan 2015 #39

True beleiver cihropractors don't immunize their children Mopar151 Jan 2015 #40

I have a close firend who bought into the whole vaccine-autism hype and didn't FourScore Jan 2015 #41

I'm old enough to remember the fears about polio. ladyVet Jan 2015 #43

Boy oh boy do I remember the fear of polio rurallib Jan 2015 #46

The anti-vaxxers are too young to remember the horrors previous generations knew. Vinca Jan 2015 #44

Autism will probably turn out to be genetic combined with McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #51

Age 7 had measles. Sickest I have ever been in my life. McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #50

All schools and pediatricians' offices need a "no tolerance" policy on anti-vaxers. Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #54

modern medicine has done some stupid things demigoddess Jan 2015 #56

I had the measles as a kid. My sister and brother did, too. I don't remember feeling sick. valerief Jan 2015 #57

Congratulations on your good fortune. Barack_America Jan 2015 #59

K & R! HuckleB Feb 2015 #60

I'm adding a link to an article about this in the Washington Post. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #61