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But dontcha know vaccines aren't safe? Retrograde Nov 15 #1
I remember those days as well. I had all those diseases. And now I'm vulnerable to shingles because of Chickenpox Walleye Nov 15 #2
I have had shingles Henry203 Nov 15 #3
Getting that shingle shot is next on my list Walleye Nov 15 #6
I concur - I had a patch the size of a 50 cent piece on my back near my belt line. Probatim Nov 15 #10
I hhad it on my face and ear. Henry203 Nov 15 #17
Get the shingles vaccine. LisaM Nov 15 #12
Great advice, I'm planning on doing that with my next Social Security check. Since Medicare doesn't cover , no part D Walleye Nov 15 #18
Check with your pharmacy! colorado_ufo Nov 15 #28
Thank you, I'll work it out somehow. Walleye Nov 15 #31
It didn't used to be covered, but I think it is now TexasBushwhacker Nov 15 #45
I don't have a Medicare part D prescription drug plan. Many of the new benefits depend on getting one of those. Walleye Nov 15 #48
Get Part D while you can TexasBushwhacker Nov 15 #51
Definitely looking into it Walleye Nov 15 #53
Tell me about it... littlemissmartypants Nov 15 #54
It took me 2 years to get my feleling back Henry203 Nov 15 #20
There's a vaccine for shingles now. Xipe Totec Nov 15 #61
Yep, gotta get that shot Walleye Nov 15 #62
Get the shingles shots. There are a series of 2. I recently got the measles, mumps, rubella and others shots also. camartinwv Nov 16 #66
That's good advice. Making a trip to the pharmacy next week. Walleye Nov 16 #67
Same here. I got all those diseases kids used to get, Ocelot II Nov 15 #4
I remember lining up in first grade for the polio shot, when it was finally invented. We loved it we were allowed to go Walleye Nov 15 #21
But we cant call Trump voters stupid Johonny Nov 15 #5
I gotta believe they're stupid. Or sadistic. Walleye Nov 15 #22
They're brainwashed. They've been led down a rathole of rightwing media propaganda over the last 40 years. diane in sf Nov 15 #39
A lot of it is the result of laziness. Lazy thinking. Walleye Nov 15 #49
All true... GiqueCee Nov 16 #65
"I love the poorly educated." Prof. Toru Tanaka Nov 16 #70
The term "retarded" has gone out of vogue JoseBalow Nov 15 #43
I like dipshit, was one of my boyfriend's favorite words about any dumb lightweight guy Walleye Nov 16 #68
So, the (R) after a politician's name means Retard Party? I like it. hunter Nov 16 #73
they are fucking disgrace Skittles Nov 15 #59
Inside out smart? nt GiqueCee Nov 16 #64
"I think I read a story a few years ago about somebody surviving rabies so struggle4progress Nov 15 #7
There are some people who are so antivax TexasBushwhacker Nov 15 #47
Most Americans of the present have never seen polio, so it doesn't exist. DJ Synikus Makisimus Nov 15 #8
They've never seen most childhood diseases, not just polio. Ocelot II Nov 15 #30
I Remember the kids who showed up with braces on their legs. And they were the lucky ones. Walleye Nov 15 #35
They were in every single school I ever went to. No ramps or other architectural help. If they couldn't climb stairs... Hekate Nov 16 #74
This is the America that Trump and Musk want to go back to Walleye Nov 16 #75
I have a feeling the the anti-vax people on the left (yes, they exist) progressoid Nov 15 #9
I know one who now happily supports Covid Kim, but used to "rep" Sanders. That person fell into a warren of rabbit... xocetaceans Nov 15 #24
Jeff Tiedrich: Why the fuck would anybody voluntarily want to go back to that, it fucking sucked ironman99 Nov 15 #11
Vaccines are "woke" now, or something 😐 Blue_Tires Nov 15 #13
Because this is The United States of Amnesia. nt GoCubsGo Nov 15 #14
Why even ask the question? It's a waste of time. We all know the answer(s). HUAJIAO Nov 15 #15
We meet again, in agreement JoseBalow Nov 15 #46
I had chicken pox. I had measles and mumps at the same time. My parents thought I was going to die. rsdsharp Nov 15 #16
Holy hell, I remember kids in school during the early 60s who had to wear leg braces due to Polio. Ziggysmom Nov 15 #19
They don't have a clue. Blue Full Moon Nov 15 #23
I am very hard of hearing, and I walk funny ChazInAz Nov 15 #25
My granddad had polio Tweedy Nov 15 #26
Measles is much more infectious than even covid. Ocelot II Nov 15 #34
Oh yeah. Tweedy Nov 16 #72
Yep, it only took a couple years for them to forget about the horrors of Covid Walleye Nov 15 #40
I am old enough too. cksmithy Nov 15 #27
I had all those as well, measles, chicken pox, Linda ladeewolf Nov 15 #29
Spewing nonsense as an author of shitty books is very different than as an officer in a position of power. Shermann Nov 15 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 15 #33
Fuck the GOP, fuck the normalization of anti-vaxxers... Karasu Nov 15 #36
The media keeps calling RFK a "vaccine skeptic". What a lame way of putting it. Walleye Nov 15 #42
I had everything but mumps and, fortunately, polio. This entire episode had me remembering when I was Vinca Nov 15 #37
I was really, really sick with measles. leftyladyfrommo Nov 15 #38
My mother has a permanent heart murmur AwakeAtLast Nov 15 #41
I remember getting the German Measles vaccine in elementary school. Prof. Toru Tanaka Nov 16 #71
Had all of those diseases Picaro Nov 15 #44
The last thing any anti-vaxxer will want todo Otto_Harper Nov 15 #50
I had measles, rubella, and chicken pox but not mumps. ShazzieB Nov 15 #52
There was an entire village a couple miles from me entirely wiped out buy doc03 Nov 15 #55
I like it that JT is on BlueSky.... speaks Cha Nov 15 #56
I remember when I got my first polio vaccine Punx Nov 15 #57
Exposure to German measles while pregnant causes deafness Danmel Nov 15 #58
repukes politicized a virus, a pandemic, vaccines, abortion Skittles Nov 15 #60
Sure we can believe the CDC and NIH Hassler Nov 15 #63
Sounds like Tiedrich and I are the same age, because I also remember it vividly & it was awful Hekate Nov 16 #69
I remember after school ?1st or 2nd grade really scratching the back of my neck and my mom coming to look, parting.... electric_blue68 Nov 16 #76
Thing i remember about measles Chipper Chat Nov 16 #77
And this just dawned on me:: Chipper Chat Nov 16 #78
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