2026-11-03 02:58 UTC
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Man, I feel like every few months now I bring up on here how I got measles in my 20s because my Dad flaked on getting my kid vaccinations completed, and you DO NOT want to get measles. It sucked. And it left me with post-viral nonsense.
Parents in the days before vaccines would have given anything to have the vaccines we have now. Does nobody remember from the Little House books how Mary went blind from Scarlet Fever? People are still alive today who were crippled by polio.
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@grumble209@kolektiva.social 2026-11-03 03:25
@HumToTable@sfba.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I read the books, but I didn't need history to teach me the universe is trying to kill me. My step-dad's brother was on sticks because he caught polio. He taught me rev matching when shifting because he never used a clutch if he could avoid it - not enough feet. My aunt was deaf because she caught scarlet fever. Diseases *not* fucking up the population is a rare and modern condition that only a fool takes for granted.