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politicat

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16. Yes, they do. Niece two was really annoyed that she didn't get her sugar cube.
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 02:47 PM
Sep 2014

Sib told niece that if she looked away and didn't scream for the other vaccines, she would get a sugar cube. (Our households don't do sugar, so a whole sugar cube is a HUGE treat for the kidlets.)

That's because sibs and I got the oral. But the oral was discontinued in the US in 2000.

Niece got her polio vaccine with the others, but no sugar cube, so Sib had to stop at the grocery and buy a box of them.

Niece two is six.

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This is scary for those of us with kids in a Colorado school. Laffy Kat Sep 2014 #1
I'd be willing to bet this IS polio. (Or a slight mutation of the polio virus.) Archae Sep 2014 #2
How easy is it to diagnose SheilaT Sep 2014 #4
I don't know. Archae Sep 2014 #5
A quick google search tells me SheilaT Sep 2014 #6
If you start out thinking that evryone is vaccinated so it can't hedgehog Sep 2014 #10
Since they're calling it "polio like" SheilaT Sep 2014 #11
I don't think they vaccinate for polio anymore YarnAddict Sep 2014 #15
Yes, they do. Niece two was really annoyed that she didn't get her sugar cube. politicat Sep 2014 #16
Well, that's good YarnAddict Sep 2014 #18
This is a local story for me, so privacy is involved, but that hasn't been mentioned as a factor. politicat Sep 2014 #21
Must be the pot FlatStanley Sep 2014 #3
That's a truly dumb statement. SheilaT Sep 2014 #7
There are a lot of those (statements) around this joint, indeed. eom Purveyor Sep 2014 #9
I can't believe I have to do this: FlatStanley Sep 2014 #12
Really? AllyCat Sep 2014 #8
Do I really have to do this? FlatStanley Sep 2014 #13
We've had tweleve confirmed cases of Entrovirus 68 here in Rochester, NY... Earth_First Sep 2014 #14
does this illness only effect children for some reason? TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #17
Usually... it was once called infantile paralysis BUT Carolina Sep 2014 #19
it appears as though this new thing is only striking children TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #20
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