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FakeNoose

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10. I grew up in the 50's and I remember measles were not uncommon during my grade-school years

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:03 AM

Aug 1

The biggest fear was that so many Moms were pregnant (baby boom time) and their school-age kids might bring the virus home to infect the entire family.

We used to call the roseola version the "three-day measles" and the much more serious rubella version the "German measles."

Once the vaccines came out in the early 60s, everyone got the shots and later the oral vaccines, and those days were over. Now they're back again.

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