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In reply to the discussion: Whoa...slow down on the anti-vaxxer bashing!! [View all]DebJ
(7,699 posts)red measles, German measles, mumps, chicken pox, and complications with strep throat and tonsilitis,
resulting in having my tonsils and adenoids removed in 2nd grade, missing yet more school?
Literally, I have two memories of first grade:
The first one is lying on the cot at the end of the hall in school, behind the white screen, for my Daddy to come and bring me home.
The second one is of a peer who was promoted to third grade in the middle of the year.
When I was a child, the only vaccines available were small pox, and polio.
I and my three sisters each caught all of these horrible diseases. In an era where most families, like mine, didn't have air conditioning.
Measles and chicken pox are hell in hot weather.... the sweat pours even faster and makes everything all the itchier. I and each of my
sisters have problems with allergies. That's not a scientific study result, just a note, since you mentioned concern that immune systems
are hyped up by the vaccines.
On the other hand, my two children, born in the early 80s, were vaccinated for everything except chicken pox, which was not yet available.
They missed no school, suffered not at all except with the chicken pox. They each grew up much taller and stronger than previous generations of my family, since their bodies weren't ravaged by all these nightmares in their growing years. They do not have any allergies, just another note, not a study.