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[953 nut 63,470]

January 3. 1938, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis (later called the March of Dimes) to find a cure for polio, a disease he had been stricken with in 1921.

[ebinmaine 76,290]

And it worked.... 

[953 nut 63,470]

Franklin Delamare Roosevelt was an amazing man who faced tremendous challenges thought his life.  His charitable act of founding what we now know as the March Of Dimes benefitted society so greatly that we all owe him a debt of gratitude.

My school was one of many that participated in the initial Salk Vaccine tests, half received the real vaccination and half were administered a placebo.   Lucky me,     I got the placebo and had to have a second round of shots the next year.

Unfortunately, one of the girls in our school who received the placebo contracted polio prior to the second round but was given the vaccine anyway. She faired much better than most polio patents did, though she needed braces she was an active person well into her eighties.

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[SylvanLakeWH 30,068]

Unfortunately, not just with polio, we are witnessing a substantial decline in vaccination rates - perhaps reacting to the Covid 19 vaccine debacle - information / disinformation / lack of trust - as well as cases from people coming here from other parts of the world with less adequate health care.
 

Such massive historical success worldwide, yet so easily diminished by a newfound lack of trust due to Covid. I hope the powers that be and the March of Dimes type organizations learn from it and can win back previous success levels.

 

 

[Handy Don 15,466]

1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

win back previous success levels.

I’m pretty gloomy about the prospects, frankly, given that unpasteurized milk is being touted as “beneficial."

 

We have a measles hotspot in the county across the Hudson from us. At least one unvaccinated child has died (and there have been many serious cases.) Initial exposure was from a visitor from overseas. Despite all, that community’s vaccination rate remains at around 50%.

 

My wife and I are fortunate to have access to any vaccines we choose to have due to our (ahem) advanced age plus our medical plan covers them. Hence we are current on everything. 

 

As registrar at a private high school until retiring, my wife had increasingly difficult times with a few students’ parents trying to get non-medical exemptions to the required vaccination policy. One ill-informed parent thought she could transfer her daughter to public school to avoid vaccination--then the public school refused to accept the transfer (same policy there). The student ended up suspended. She pled with her parents to let her be vaccinated and they finally relented. 

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[953 nut 63,470]

Too many of today's parents never had measles, mumps, chicken pox and all of the fun stuff like that as children and don't seem to appreciate the benefits of vaccines. Just because they aren't rampant in today's society doesn't mean they aren't around. A few misleading posts on Facebook is all it took to start the "NO_VACC" hysteria.                                . 

My doctor is in full agreement with the proposal that RFKjr put forth to give vaccinations a few weeks apart. When he prescribes more than one shot he tells me to do them a couple of weeks apart so the antibodies have a chance to develop independently. I know that it require parents of preschoolers to make multiple trips to the doctor or health department but if the immunity is greater it may be worthwhile. 

[Handy Don 15,466]

I’m hugely fortunate that the time and expense for doctor visits do not have a material effect on my lifestyle. For many parents and individuals, this is not the case.

 

From my reading of the journals, there is a marginal expected gain from staggering the various vaccinations (not yet confirmed by long term studies, though) but it pales when compared to the risk of non-immunity due to avoiding extra visits or expense.  My recent COVID and flu shots cost over $100 each when administered at a clinic. It was not by accident that combo vaccines such as MMR (with proven effectiveness and now in use for over forty years) were developed, tested, and deployed. 

 

To my mind, we should be pouring money into real science and downgrading promoters of ill-informed or partly-informed prognostication.

 

Stepping down from soapbox. 

[953 nut 63,470]

48 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

To my mind, we should be pouring money into real science and downgrading promoters of ill-informed or partly-informed prognostication.

Well said sir.                     I'm off of my box too.

 

[stevasaurus 23,530]

I remember one of the 1st days of boot camp in the Navy.  NCTC in San Diego 1970...80 of us lined up to get our shots.  We all walked through the shot statiom and got multiple shots in both arms and then went out and stood at attention on the grinder in the hot sun.  Some of the guys passed out, but all were OK.  Welcome to Boot Camp "Julius", you look like you need a hair cut.  The end of day one, and the start of "Yes Sir, thank you Sir...may I have another?"  The smart guys caught on quick, the other guys caught on later...but they caught on also.  Some had the opportunity to spend a few more weeks training...I never saw them again.   

I'd do it all again in a minute !!!