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Irish_Dem

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10. My mother had a friend whose baby was born deaf due to measles exposure.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2022, 12:42 PM

Dec 2022

The friend was pregnant when her children caught the measles and the baby was exposed in utero.

Which was not uncommon back in the days before vaccines.

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At least 82 children in Ohio infected with measles, more than half of whom are unvaccinated [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 OP

Child abuse. sinkingfeeling Dec 2022 #1

Yep Rebl2 Dec 2022 #3

With 94% being under 5 Zeitghost Dec 2022 #9

Good point. Our children were vaccinated in the 1970s without fail on schedule, Hortensis Dec 2022 #12

Well, THERE'S a stupid prize. The Unmitigated Gall Dec 2022 #2

This is just the beginning of diseases that have been gone for decades FloridaBlues Dec 2022 #4

How is it that close to 40 vaccinated kids got measles? LAS14 Dec 2022 #5

its in the OP drray23 Dec 2022 #6

OK. I was educated about that. But I do take issue with the wording of OP's subject. nt LAS14 Dec 2022 #19

Because their parents were lied to about MMR leading to autism so they did not vaccinate... Hekate Dec 2022 #8

I'm talking about VACCINATED kids. If half were unvaccinated then... LAS14 Dec 2022 #16

ALL are at least partially UNvaccinated -- see quote from article here.... Hekate Dec 2022 #17

Ah! Thanks. But I do take issue with the subject of the post. nt LAS14 Dec 2022 #18

Damn damn damn damn Hekate Dec 2022 #7

My mother had a friend whose baby was born deaf due to measles exposure. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #10

I've had lifelong hearing loss in one ear Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #11

People do not understand how serious some of the childhood diseases can be. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #13

Morons are threatening ALL of us. Look for mutations of diseases thanks to anti-vaxxers. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #14

I research my family tree and it involves old newspapers. LiberalFighter Dec 2022 #15