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Give ’em your best shot!

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I now I’m an old fart.  But, that’s why Iam so dismayed.  I remember seeing people in Iron Lungs.  I remember kids who died of whooping cough.  I remember how devastating measles and  the mumps were  I remember when the Salk vaccine was the only thing between us and Polio- and then came the sugar cube and the Sabin vaccine.  There were new vaccinations for whooping cough (pertussis) and none yet for the mumps or the measles.

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Got your shots?

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Given the craziness of certain people and their insane beliefs that vaccinations should be withheld from their children, it is not surprising that we are experiencing widespread increases in diseases that were once considered to be virtually eradicated.  I won’t even go into the senseless epidemic of flu that is enveloping us.

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