When I visit my physician, not a mask in sight, other than the one I am wearing. Vaccination rate in my county is extremely low—less than 20% Non-vaccination rate correlates with Trump voter rate, which was about 85%. Quite a few of these are former students (or their parents or siblings). I TAUGHT SCIENCE!! I feel like a failure.
@thepoliticalcat Yup, I'm old enough that I have had at least THREE rounds of polio vaccine (Salk, Sabin, Salk2, etc.) plus boosters over the years. Since I spent a few years in Taiwan in the 1970s, I've also had shots for Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Typhus, Cholera, and a zillion gamma globulins. I had measles, rubella, mumps and chicken pox as a kid, but I got an MMR shot a couple of years ago--just to be cautious. I've had SEVEN Covid shots, flu shot every year for the past 15, and RSV this year.
@thepoliticalcat My parents were ultra-paranoid about polio in the early 1950s; one of Mom's best friends spent her adult life in a wheelchair as a result of polio. Remember very well the fear.
@Yorgus@thepoliticalcat I am a #PolioSurvivor who got #polio via live vaccine & I still support #vaccines. I don't think my rare case, very low percentage of ppl like me - reason to be against vaccines. They saves billions of lives. No vaccine is 100% protection but it increases chances of survival & it has helped many from getting illnesses that are preventable. I don't take my awful experience personally. I see the bigger picture. It's bigger than just ME.
@msquebanh@thepoliticalcat Not many people would have your enlightened outlook. I hope you had a full recovery. Too many of the anti-vax people don't know anything about statistics.
@Yorgus@thepoliticalcat I never had full recovery - hence my statement including that I have lifelong paralysis. I'm a medical anomaly because I wasn't ever supposed to be able to walk again. I am walking & hiking & more. I adapted to my disabilities.
@msquebanh@thepoliticalcat We always heard how the Sabin (live) vaccine was better than the Salk (killed) vaccine, but time has vindicated the Salk vaccine. Vaccine-induced illness from Salk is close to zero.
@Yorgus@thepoliticalcat Almost all people in Global South got live vaccines. That's why Global South had highest number of kids like me, paralyzed for life by it.
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