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murielm99

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4. I remember when our pediatrician

Reply to Richard D (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:02 AM

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urged us not to forget those vaccinations for our children. His voice was wistful. He said he had seen a child die of that disease.

My mother claims I had it and survived it as a child. I am 76. There probably was no vaccine to prevent it when I was small.

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I remember when our pediatrician murielm99 Tuesday #4

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