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JustABozoOnThisBus

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9. Fear subsides over generations

Reply to Walleye (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 22, 2022, 03:58 PM

Jan 2022

We may remember the terror of polio, may know people who had it, remember the leg braces and iron lungs.

We probably have no memory of the scourges of smallpox or diptheria, since the vaccines/inoculations have been around way longer than even our parents have been alive.

Polio is not much feared, as it seems to be relegated to remote countries where there are worse things to fear.

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Got a call from my one brother from back home Appalachia COVID death [View all] Duncanpup Jan 2022 OP

I'm sorry nt XanaDUer2 Jan 2022 #1

I'm not dude had choice Duncanpup Jan 2022 #2

You're welcome nt XanaDUer2 Jan 2022 #4

You and your brother are the smart ones, my dear Duncanpup. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #3

Vaccination rate is high with the demographic that lived through polio epidemic Walleye Jan 2022 #5

Exactly appalachiablue Jan 2022 #6

I went to my MD to check on all my immunizations and see if I was up to date. LiberalArkie Jan 2022 #18

I never heard about that, wow and thanks! appalachiablue Jan 2022 #20

Fear subsides over generations JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2022 #9

Anyone who remembers fears polio. True Blue American Jan 2022 #17

Natural selection includes using one's brain, Dunc. SheltieLover Jan 2022 #7

I'm wondering if now that there have been so many antivaxxer deaths... viva la Jan 2022 #8

Darwin will win in the end but unfortunately most of these have procreated already Walleye Jan 2022 #12

This is the kind of person Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #10

Well, it is a shame Sherman A1 Jan 2022 #11

They think Bill Gates is trying to exterminate them through Emile Jan 2022 #13

Well in this case, less stupidity is alive and even fewer are well. Maru Kitteh Jan 2022 #14

I hope your brother and family are vaccinated? FakeNoose Jan 2022 #15

3100 died Thursday, 2800 yesterday.... Jon King Jan 2022 #16

In the early months of 2021, when the vaccine was harder to get, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #19