silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSix Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines | Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoMy grandma was a nurse in the iron lung wards back in the 40s and 50s. The stories she would tell would send shivers down your spine. Good luck America. You’re gonna be all on your own soon enough.
minus-squareSubstance_P@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoInfectious diseases do not respect borders, this most probably will become a global problem. Oh smallpox, polio, measles, and diphtheria, you were most gravely missed.
My grandma was a nurse in the iron lung wards back in the 40s and 50s. The stories she would tell would send shivers down your spine.
Good luck America. You’re gonna be all on your own soon enough.
Infectious diseases do not respect borders, this most probably will become a global problem. Oh smallpox, polio, measles, and diphtheria, you were most gravely missed.