Before the establishment of related vaccines, I experienced firsthand the childhood horrors of measles, rubella, mumps and chicken pox. That is, the “horrors” of having only three TV channels to amuse me as I recovered in bed.
Back then, we relied on a natural phenomenon called “immune systems.” Unfortunately, that natural immunity tended to kick in with inconvenient expediency, as evidenced when you soon started using your sick bed as a trampoline again. Such antics signaled your parents that it was time to return you to school — and just as you were getting used to soaking up daytime television and ginger ale. (By the way, that golden bubbly beverage was a panacea utilized liberally back then, when Big Pharma was known as Medium-Sized Pharma.) Crazy times.
Ann Reed
Orange