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flamin lib

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4. Tour any historic cemetary.

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 03:07 PM

Aug 2018

Family plots with 8-9 children ( and often more than one wife ) under the age of two.

What is it that they say about history?

Where have all the flowers gone . . .

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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