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In reply to the discussion: Somebody needs to ask RFK Jr this: [View all]yellowdogintexas
(23,598 posts)52. yes you are correct. I was in the first round of mass vaccinations for polio
It was when I was in second grade so 1955-56. It was a massive project, getting every student in the county the first vaccine. The Health Departments and physicians took care of the adults and the boosters.
Mitch is about 10 years older than I so he had already been through the polio by the time we had vaccines
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RFK Jr's personal visit had a lot to do with the drop in vaccinations. 83 people died of measles,
Hekate
Nov 2024
#29
yes you are correct. I was in the first round of mass vaccinations for polio
yellowdogintexas
Nov 2024
#52
He hasn't weighed any of the other evidence scientifically, why would that evidence persuade him?
Shermann
Nov 2024
#3
More than likely only those made from live viruses like polio and smallpox. He just does not believe in modern science
LiberalArkie
Nov 2024
#23
Politico.com on Health & Human Services vaccine injury compensation program
womanofthehills
Nov 2024
#40
Pass. Not indulging his nonsense or listening to his weird ass, decades long death rattle of wheezing of bullshit.
TheKentuckian
Nov 2024
#6
That lunatic shouldn't be allowed to put a Band-Aid on someone's scratch without supervision,
Dave Bowman
Nov 2024
#7
You know, it's so absurd that I think people dont actually believe he could be that nutty.
hadEnuf
Nov 2024
#16
Are you really saying that the infant mortality rate in the US in the 1950s was 30%?
TheRickles
Nov 2024
#48
The Star Tribune recently had an article about the oldest cemetery in Minneapolis
dflprincess
Nov 2024
#26
IIRC...RFK Jr started his anti-vax theories after his child was diagnosed with autism.
rubbersole
Nov 2024
#30
Child of the 50s and I had the DPT (Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus) required before starting school
yellowdogintexas
Nov 2024
#56
When I started school in 1954, the required vax were smallpox, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus
yellowdogintexas
Nov 2024
#55
RFK Jr. has vaccinated all of his own children. Hypocrisy does not trouble him.
Hamlette
Nov 2024
#58