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Measels

dex — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:15:25 GMT

When I was a child and got measles our house was quarantined.We had to stay home until we were checked out and were well.There was a yellow notice placed on our door to let others know to stay away.I think we need to go back to that if people are not getting vaccinated. We need to protect others from contracting infectious disease.What about the people who can’t afford healthcare or those who pay a high deductible.Outbreaks could be avoidable if people vaccinated their children.

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lovesrecess — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:22:23 GMT

I agree! Measles is highly contagious and can be serious. When I was a kid, my brother came down with the measles...the dr said to keep me and my other siblings home from school since we would probably catch it anyway...so we stayed home to catch the measles. There was no measles vaccine back then. Such a shame some parents are now putting their children in harms way when it isn’t necessary....and are putting scores of their schoolmates and others at rosk as well.

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2blonde — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:24:09 GMT

When I started first grade back in the middle 50's, there were no vaccinations for any of these diseases. I had lived in the country, and it was my first experience around so many other kids. I got everything during my first couple years (measles, rubella, mumps, chicken pox, you-name-it). So did most of the other kids. I did miss a lot of school but, other than that, no big deal.

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dex — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:28:27 GMT

@2blonde It can be very serious for some..eg expectant moms.

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BirkiLady — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:28:19 GMT

Also serious for adult males, the elderly, and those with cronic illnesses.

Take a stroll through a cemetary this summer. You'll notice many headstones of children prior to about 1955 to 1960. Why? Because so many youngsters didn't survive childhood diseases. By the mid-'50's most children had been vaccinated. The death rates dropped significantly and the headstones for children dropped dramatically. If that doesn't prove immunizations are worthwhile, I don't know what does!

I remember those big iron lungs and children in wheelchairs. So happy medicine found a way to eliminate so much suffering and death. Those memories may not have names (to me), but they remain in the back of my mind 65 years later with the same sorrow as then.

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January121 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:49:00 GMT

So sad that there are so many parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated..... I know this is going to sound mean but I hope these parents & their children get a really bad case of the measles & suffer for their stupidity... sorry but, they deserve it. 🙃

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chrystaltree — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:59:29 GMT

I remember that but back then, people understood the dangers of measles, mumps, rheubella. We know those diseases were not just benign little illnesses that keep kids home from school for a few days. We remember the high fevers, the febrile seizures, the blindness that occurred for measles, the pneumonia, the deaths. We now have three generations of Americans who don't have those memories; they know nothing about those diseases so they don't know how devastating the can be. I find it ironic that the anti vaxers who were vaccinated themselves and are the children of parents and even grandparents who were vaccinated....don't want that same protection for their own children. I never thought I'd ever see such ignorance here in this country.

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chiclets — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 23:35:34 GMT

We are allowing this nation to have third world health country conditions.

Diseases that were once decreased are now showing up again and are on the rise. It can and should be prevented and stopped from occurring.

Didn't a wise man say, " the good of the many outweighs the good of the one."

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KentuckyWoman — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:37:25 GMT

I had two different kinds of measles and chicken pox when I was a kid. They didn't have vaccines back then. It was miserable. I remember being so sick and my mother would make me stay in bed and kept the blinds drawn because they were afraid it would affect my eyes. One of my sister's friends had a little girl who died as a result of measles. They are a serious illness. Give your children the vaccine.

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NicksmomESQ — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:44:28 GMT

You just can’t fix stupid!!

When I was a kid I got mumps & chicken pox pre vaccine. Each time I was out of school for 2 weeks. I suffered miserably both times!! Thank God my son got all the vaccinations & avoided that misery!!

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Trinity11 — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 02:08:56 GMT

I just saw on the news this evening that 155 children have been infected in the Rockland County, New York area. Apparently, they do not believe in vaccinations for their children. There was a protest today claiming it is over-kill to say children must be vaccinated and it is a choice. Just amazing! Ignorance prevails.

My daughter said my grandson's pediatrician accepted patients that don't get vaccinated. She changed pediatricians.

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AuntMame — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 07:45:59 GMT

I remember when one couldn't get a government job and couldn't work in a school unless one's vaccinations were up to date.

I remember the cemetaries with all the gravestones of young children. I remember the iron lungs. I had relatives who suffered polio and lived their lives paralyzed and suffered a recurrance of the disease years later as they grew older.

I remember getting measles and the city "public health nurse" visiting and quarantining the house. I remember feeling sick and miserable but I knew other kids suffered worse.

I can't believe the stupidity and irresponsibility of the younger generation. I never thought I'd live to see the day.

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ID2 — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:37:53 GMT

I survived the measles, mumps, chicken pox and lived! I remember sick in bed with the measles, the german measles. My fever got pretty high, my mom said that I became delirious for a bit then my fever broke and alls well. Now that there is a simple way to get rid of these diseases, I'm a firm believer in vaccinated your kids.

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proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:55:40 GMT

I live in one of the counties with one of the largest outbreaks. It is not today’s ‘younger people’ although there are some.

It is against some people’s religion. They will not get shots. They say it is their right. This is what is happening in my county.

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proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:58:20 GMT

@Trinity11 wrote:
I just saw on the news this evening that 155 children have been infected in the Rockland County, New York area. Apparently, they do not believe in vaccinations for their children. There was a protest today claiming it is over-kill to say children must be vaccinated and it is a choice. Just amazing! Ignorance prevails.

My daughter said my grandson's pediatrician accepted patients that don't get vaccinated. She changed pediatricians.

@Trinity11 Yes, please google who is not getting the shots. That could not be shown on tv.

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riley1 — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:15:54 GMT

When I enrolled my kids in school, I had to show their innoculation record. I guess that no longer is part of the process.

In my area, one of the pediatricians will not accept kids that are not innoculated or won't get shots because it puts other kids at risk.

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NigelSparkles — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:34:55 GMT

@Trinity11 wrote:
I just saw on the news this evening that 155 children have been infected in the Rockland County, New York area. Apparently, they do not believe in vaccinations for their children. There was a protest today claiming it is over-kill to say children must be vaccinated and it is a choice. Just amazing! Ignorance prevails.

My daughter said my grandson's pediatrician accepted patients that don't get vaccinated. She changed pediatricians.

@Trinity11 I live in that county and I'd like to add something to your comment. The measles outbreak here is more or less limited to one part of the community, which is an ultra-orthodox religious one. Even there, it's only a small part of that. However, they do have extremely large families so the numbers of cases increase quickly. The first case was traced to someone who traveled from overseas and brought it from there. There are a few small pockets of non-religious anti-vaccine people protesting it too. The protest you referred to was organized by out of area anti-vaxxers and was very poorly attended. Only a dozen or so protesters showed up. It's really very disturbing - those of us with compromised immune systems and people with babies too young to be vaccinated are afraid to go into stores and other public places. There is so much misinformaiton about vaccines out there and as usual people are believing everything they read on the internet!

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Still Raining — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:45:47 GMT

One thing about this whole topic that just makes me mad is that there is an adult population out there who need some vaccines. My own sister was like that and caught a childhood disease in her 50s and it was not fun.

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Trinity11 — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:54:44 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
I just saw on the news this evening that 155 children have been infected in the Rockland County, New York area. Apparently, they do not believe in vaccinations for their children. There was a protest today claiming it is over-kill to say children must be vaccinated and it is a choice. Just amazing! Ignorance prevails.

My daughter said my grandson's pediatrician accepted patients that don't get vaccinated. She changed pediatricians.
@Trinity11 Yes, please google who is not getting the shots. That could not be shown on tv.

It was shown on CBS. Something about biblical beliefs...

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evelyner — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:09:59 GMT

I’m originally from France, and when I was a kid I too got the measles. I don’t remember being quarantined. Every body got the measles back then mid to late fifties. I also got whooping cough and that was terrible.

Thank goodness for vaccination.