William Lindsey Mar 13

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE THINK WE NEED VACCINES

Wearing asafoedita in a bag around the neck keeps measles at bay. It's a sure preventative.

If you think you need extra protection, sip some water from a holy well while walking widdershins around it and reciting the Lord's prayer backwards.

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Photo of child with day-four measles rash is by CDC/NIP/Barbara Rice, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles#/media/File:RougeoleDP.jpg

Measles - Wikipedia

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 13

Besides, getting measles isn't the worst thing that can happen to a child. Only 1 to 3 in 1,000 die of measles. And those who die must not have been meant to live; they lacked natural strength and were not fed and exercised properly.

For children who survive measles, the worst that can happen is that they go blind — but at least, they'll have their lives, even if they can no longer see.

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Show threadSteve WoodsMar 13

@wdlindsy My younger brother caught measles from me as an infant.

He didn't go blind, but has had lifelong vision problems.

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 13
@wood5y I can recall with one of the two measles cases I had as a child, I had extreme, painful photosensitivity, and my parents were intently worried that I'd lose my sight.
Show threadSteve WoodsMar 13

@wdlindsy I don't know about you, but I was born years before measles vaccination became a childhood rite of passage in Britain.

I also caught other diseases for which there are now vaccines (e.g. mumps).

Show threadWilliam Lindsey 
@wood5y Yes, the same for me (born 1950). My parents would have given anything for vaccines against measles, chickenpox, mumps, all of which (except for mumps, in my case), my brothers and I caught as children. My parents were extremely happy when the polio vaccine came along in our childhood.
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Show threadSteve WoodsMar 14
@wdlindsy I was born in 1955, the very year polio vaccine was introduced in UK.