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F4lconF16

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11. I've had my arms and legs look as bad as some of the smallpox pictures.

Reply to xmas74 (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 08:26 PM

Feb 2015

Hyper-allergic to poison oak, and I've had my arms and legs bandaged for weeks at a time, dripping pus from half-inch blisters. I don't even want to think about what smallpox must have been like.

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17 Reasons Why No One Should Vaccinate Their Children [View all] xmas74 Feb 2015 OP

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #1

I thought it was fantastic. xmas74 Feb 2015 #2

I didnt click on the warning pics...were they bad? NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #3

Lots of iron lung, some nasty measles and small pox pics xmas74 Feb 2015 #4

That hits the issue square in the nose... Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #5

I could argue 'til the cows come home xmas74 Feb 2015 #8

Oh science schmience..... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2015 #6

Science gets in the way of scapegoating xmas74 Feb 2015 #9

the iron lungs... polio was a terrible disease phantom power Feb 2015 #7

And some seem to feel it doesn't affect them today. xmas74 Feb 2015 #10

I've had my arms and legs look as bad as some of the smallpox pictures. F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #11

It really is a frightening thought. xmas74 Feb 2015 #12

I normally don't do this xmas74 Feb 2015 #13