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Originally Posted by Aurelius710
@ Nammu @ Soupe du jour, my mom had polio right before the vaccine came out. Had to deal with the iron lung and everything. She was one of the first people to get the vaccine from (I want to say directly from...) Jonas Salk and so had absolutely no problem making sure I had all the necessary vaccinations when I came in the picture.
And if, for some reason, I didn't believe her, I could always look back on the one flu season where I skipped the shot. I was sick every other week with one time being bad enough to go to the ER. Vaccines have directly helped me and my family.
Anyway, my soap box of the early morning!  |
Thanks for sharing on this, Aurelius710. I hope your mom was able to recover from the polio fully. You also remind me that I'm long overdue for a flu shot. The chaos of my move abroad has made me a bit delinquent on such things, though my husband and I were fully vaccinated for covid, plus a booster. I got a Diphtheria Tetanus shot only a year or two before my move, so that was taken care of for a while.
My husband read of someone in the US getting polio recently, so these diseases can make a comeback when vaccinations are long ago stopped. See
Polio case in New York is the first in the U.S. since 2013 : NPR I think I got the vaccination (Or was it some kind of thing with a sugar cube?) when I was a little kid. I also got the shot when I was about 23 before my Asia trip.
I've also recently read that the old smallpox vaccine is likely helpful in preventing monkeypox. I know that routine vaccination for smallpox ended around 1972, or so. Right before I was of the age to get it. However, I've also read that those who got it that long ago, would likely have significantly decreased immunity by this time. My siblings (older) both have the mark (scar) of the vaccination, while I obviously have none.