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@old_hippie @alice and yet…

I moved recently from the US to Scotland and my kids just got their flu vaccines *at school*. It was very convenient.

This would be unheard of in the US. You’d have Karens doxing the principal in real-time on TikTok.

@kumarvibe @alice When I was a kid, back in the 50s, we got vaccines at school.

@old_hippie @kumarvibe @alice
Yes, I remember getting my polio vaccines at school. I don’t think we had measles vax yet, but smallpox & maybe diphtheria. I remember getting them at school in early 60’s

@PandaChronicle @old_hippie @kumarvibe @alice

Yes, the dreaded polio shot! I do remember it. And possibly the smallpox vaccine at school, as well.

I know of several people who contracted polio, and were affected throughout their lives. And as they got older, the effects just got worse. Quite a bit of suffering and disability.

As far as current generations, it might be that the local health departments offer vaccines for people who can't afford the luxury of a pediatrician. I don't know if that depends on the state or the county or whatever the municipality, as to what services they offer.

And this is where it's a problem. If vaccination is not mandated and supported by the government, then you may not have this resource for people that most need it.

@norine27 @old_hippie @kumarvibe @alice
And you don’t have the added protection of most children being vaccinated, to protect those with health reasons they can’t get the vaccine.
I have friends who had polio, including one who is younger than me, whose parents didn’t believe in vaccines. She spent years in the hospital from effects of polio.

Old Hippie Ⓥ Resistance!

@PandaChronicle @norine27 @kumarvibe @alice Luckily when I was a kid almost everyone for vaccinated. Of course we still got some illnesses anyway but the rates went way down.

My neighbor got polio in about 1955 and I saw what it did to him. What a horrible disease.

@old_hippie
I still got a mild case of flu most years even with the flu vax. have managed not to get Covid (yet) and because am still
masking in stores and most crowded indoor spaces, have not had the flu since 2019. practically no colds either.