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shraby

(21,946 posts) Sat Aug 25, 2018, 02:51 PM Aug 2018

For those who don't believe in vaccinations. How would you like to be this parent? [View all]

It happened all the time before vaccinations were discovered. I added the dates of death.

The oldest child of J.P. Nolan of Maple Grove died of diphtheria on Sunday last.
Others of his children are also sick with this disease.
November 21, 1889 P. 3
(Julia Ann died Nov 16 1889)
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James P. Nolan was unable to be present at the session of the county board this
week on account of the serious illness of his children. One died last week, and
two others are now in a precarious condition.
Manitowoc Pilot, November 28, 1889 P. 3
(Mary died Nov 27 1889)
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Three of J.P. Nolan's children died of diphtheria within the last few weeks, and
he is thus made childless. He has numerous friends who sympathize with him in his
affliction.
Manitowoc Pilot, December 12, 1889
(Agnes died Dec 02 1889)

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For those who don't believe in vaccinations. How would you like to be this parent? [View all] shraby Aug 2018 OP

I've seen anti-vaxxers write that things like this happened after... Archae Aug 2018 #1

I just can't imagine having 3 children around the dinner table shraby Aug 2018 #2

My Mom still remembers the polio scares. Archae Aug 2018 #3

We were sent to bed early so we got plenty of rest. Mom didn't want to take shraby Aug 2018 #5

Every school I ever attended had its share of children in metal leg braces using crutches. ... Hekate Aug 2018 #13

Tour any historic cemetary. flamin lib Aug 2018 #4

Many times they didn't even name them right away until they were sure they would shraby Aug 2018 #6

Lots of Baby Does. The other interesting thing flamin lib Aug 2018 #9

If anti-vaxxers ignore facts they can ignore history. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #7

Thanks to Facebook echo chambers, my own daughter is convinced her baby died of vaccinations Hekate Aug 2018 #8

That's awful jberryhill Aug 2018 #10

I'm sorry. Some people are destined to learn the hard way. shraby Aug 2018 #12

I wondered about that, Hekate. pnwmom Aug 2018 #14

It is absolutely beyond words to lose a child. Hekate Aug 2018 #16

How sad for all of you, Hekate. 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #32

How would you like to be my mother in 1960, when her baby died the day after her DPT? pnwmom Aug 2018 #11

I think you are a very wise woman. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #15

I'm so sorry about what's happened with your daughter, Hekate. pnwmom Aug 2018 #17

I think one of the lies that's been peddled is that there was no SIDS before vaccines... Hekate Aug 2018 #19

Well, we KNOW that wasn't true. And they markedly lowered the rate pnwmom Aug 2018 #21

I put obituaries of babies on my site who died of what we now call SIDS. shraby Aug 2018 #22

I come from a period of time when the health department came into the schools and shraby Aug 2018 #18

Me, too. And bad reactions don't usually happen instantly, so you wouldn't have known. pnwmom Aug 2018 #20

We have just had a measles alert here in eastern MA (Lexington) smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #23

I had measles, a severe case, in third grade. jeffreyi Aug 2018 #24

When you read historical novels, you always find the injunction to shut the curtains... Hekate Aug 2018 #28

I had both kinds of measles as a child. llmart Aug 2018 #29

Measles Confirmed in North Texas. MicaelS Aug 2018 #25

vaccination is not a religion; it works regardless of your beliefs AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #26

Anti-vaxxers behave exactly like they have found religion, otoh. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #27

Sad!! healthnut7 Aug 2018 #30

Being a child or a woman Turbineguy Aug 2018 #31