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DocWatson, on 06 November 2009 - 12:48 PM, said:
I remember as a boy [I think 5/6 yearsold] being exempted from the polio vaccine because in my family, there is a fatal reaction to vaccines generally. I had a doctors note for the school signed by our own doctor. Of course we all know why, now. The other ingredients included are harmful. But I digress slightly. It was also the time of regular TB check ups as it too was predominant as a hangover from the war years in Vancouver. Each year my Mom would take us two boys down to a clinic to get X-rayed. It was found that I had a spot on one of my lungs and that "it wasn't malignant". It was said that having been exposed to it was a good thing and should protect you for the rest of your mature life. Medics knew these things then. It was with bells clarity, I remember the nurse saying this and still I recall her words today. The same applies to everything that may harm you. A little bit is good. Snake bits, Bee stings, nettle etc.
The human body is a wonderful machine if you take care of ti and dont rely on easy ways out. It has to be recharged and challenged constantly. The nukbers of sicj children these days astound me. I dont recall ever seeing that amount of children with all these ailments as one sees today. Parents these days go for quick results; vaccines, antibiotics and drugs. There seems to be no time for them anymore and children are pushed aside because of their parents self-centered busy lives.
The human body is a wonderful machine if you take care of ti and dont rely on easy ways out. It has to be recharged and challenged constantly. The nukbers of sicj children these days astound me. I dont recall ever seeing that amount of children with all these ailments as one sees today. Parents these days go for quick results; vaccines, antibiotics and drugs. There seems to be no time for them anymore and children are pushed aside because of their parents self-centered busy lives.
Prior to better medical care and access to medical care, you didn't hear about sick children because they just up and died instead.
Maybe some statistics will give you some perspective:
During the 20th century, it is estimated that smallpox was responsible for 300–500 million deaths. Over 80% of infected children died from the disease.
In the 1920s there were an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 cases of diphtheria per year in the United States, causing 13,000 to 15,000 deaths per year. Children represented a large majority of these cases and fatalities.
There are about one million cases of tetanus reported worldwide annually, causing an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 deaths each year. In the United States, approximately 100 people become infected with tetanus each year, and there are about five deaths from tetanus each year. Nearly all of the cases in the United States occur in unimmunized individuals or individuals who have allowed their inoculations to lapse.
Before vaccines, an average of 157 cases per 100,000 persons with Whopping Cough were reported in the U.S. More than 93% of reported cases occurred in children under 10 years of age.
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 03:31 PM 
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