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GiqueCee

(4,899 posts)
36. I was born in '47...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 05:07 PM
22 hrs ago

... and I knew a few kids in my neighborhood who were permanently crippled by polio. Unlike you, I am not so gracious as to grant forbearance to people who abjure vaccines on "religious grounds". The deaths of their children will be THEIR fault, and not "the will of Gawd".
RFK, Jr. is a flaming asshole with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Do a deep dive into his history and you'll come to the same conclusion. What he did to his first wife should earn him the undying contempt of every decent human being. And the malicious horse shit he spews about vaccines, with zero proof or any medical knowledge, has already cost a LOT of people their lives – Google what he did in Samoa – but every Republican that slithered out of the conservative sewer shares his malignant pathology to one degree or another, and they've done nothing to stop him. NOTHING. So they own that sonofabitch just as surely as they own Trump and his rampaging criminality.

My former brother in law had polio UpInArms 23 hrs ago #1
My Grandfather had a bum leg from polio pfitz59 23 hrs ago #2
My Uncle Otis had it as a kid JustAnotherGen 23 hrs ago #3
Pretty damn sure they'll have had a Tetanus shot. Ferryboat 23 hrs ago #4
You would think so, right? But... Random Boomer 6 hrs ago #100
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In the Long Game, I think B.See 23 hrs ago #9
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LG Emile 22 hrs ago #15
do enjoy your latest brief stay niyad 22 hrs ago #16
I alerted MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #20
I knew that somebody had! niyad 22 hrs ago #21
That was some weird shit! Quiet Em 22 hrs ago #24
That it was MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #26
I couldn't make any sense of it either MIButterfly 22 hrs ago #27
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One Of The Least Informed Posts I've Ever Seen ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #12
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Nobody Said It Was ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #22
Just purchased a sticker UpInArms 4 hrs ago #104
Are you sure you're in the right place? MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #13
I see that our resident troll is busy today. niyad 22 hrs ago #18
We should probably have a regularly scheduled post on science and vaccines... littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #44
My first troll MIButterfly 22 hrs ago #28
What flavour pizza do you like? niyad 22 hrs ago #14
When I was in grade school in the 1950's, we had a girl in our class who had polio. calguy 23 hrs ago #6
A child in our school about two years older had polio. Went from braces to a chair to the grave by age 14. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #32
Bottom line, the right wing MAGA mentality is B.See 23 hrs ago #7
They're a death cult and proud of it. wnylib 21 hrs ago #60
I agree MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #8
You are just a youngster! sheshe2 22 hrs ago #19
Mentally I'm in my twenties MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #23
It sounds good to me! sheshe2 22 hrs ago #31
My husband once accused me of not acting my age MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #54
Didn't have time to be in my 20s when I was in my 20s Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #71
I remember getting an injection when the Salk vaccine came out. anciano 23 hrs ago #10
I remember those iron lungs, they scared the hell out of me. demosincebirth 21 hrs ago #49
Me too. My uncle and cousin had polio. I remember the long lines in the hot summer to get the sugar cube debm55 19 hrs ago #86
My mother-in-law was one of the last people in America to get polio. NNadir 22 hrs ago #25
My grandmother had it and survived - TBF 22 hrs ago #35
I used to have to be tolerant of them when they were few in number an had no influence MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #37
Where we lived, the shots then the sugar cube drew huge long lines of kids and adults Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #72
I worked with a lady in the late 80s whose husband wore braces on both legs from having had polio as a child... wcmagumba 22 hrs ago #29
Check FDR. demosincebirth 21 hrs ago #52
It was a scary time Chalco 22 hrs ago #30
Or diphtheria. Disaffected 22 hrs ago #33
Like polluters, they are unwilling to test their theories by putting their own skin in the game bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #34
I was born in '47... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #36
I agree with you 100% about RFK, Jr MIButterfly 21 hrs ago #43
VERY interesting (and most welcome) details! calimary 18 hrs ago #94
I had polio in 1952. I eventually regained the use of my arm and have had a normal life. dedl67 22 hrs ago #38
Just because someone remembers polio is no guarantee they support vaccination. My mother has a friend who was born in Fil1957 22 hrs ago #39
How sad MIButterfly 21 hrs ago #45
Yeah it is. This is someone who was sending out images of Trump as Jesus back in '20. She's also into eastern Fil1957 20 hrs ago #65
Yikes! Trump as Jesus? MIButterfly 20 hrs ago #70
I agree LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #40
From another Boomer BeneteauBum 22 hrs ago #41
53'er here too. czarjak 22 hrs ago #42
I was in grade school when the Salk Vaccine was introduced in 1955. patphil 21 hrs ago #46
Amen and amen! paleotn 21 hrs ago #47
A good friend canetoad 21 hrs ago #48
I'm 68, so by the time I was born, the polio vaccine was pretty common MichMan 21 hrs ago #50
No, that's not what I meant at all and I'm sorry if it came out that way MIButterfly 21 hrs ago #56
Seems pretty clear. Not sure how else it could be taken MichMan 20 hrs ago #67
I'm sorry MIButterfly 20 hrs ago #80
I would just change the title from "people" to "antivaxxers" MichMan 20 hrs ago #81
Done MIButterfly 20 hrs ago #83
Your OP was clear to me and I'm 66. yardwork 5 hrs ago #101
This message was self-deleted by its author Mariana 18 hrs ago #90
What about those of us who support vaccinations and weren't born back in the 50s? cstanleytech 21 hrs ago #51
I meant no offense by my post and I'm sorry if it came across otherwise MIButterfly 21 hrs ago #57
Just wanted to make sure 😊 cstanleytech 21 hrs ago #58
My aunt had polio nuxvomica 21 hrs ago #53
I was born in mid-1955 and recall neighbors who walked with a limp from polio and considered themselves damned lucky! SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #55
One of my aunts was one of those neighbors who got off lucky with a limp & feet that were very different sizes Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #73
... SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #74
Do you remember when Dear Abby used to tell people about places where they could swap shoes Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #75
No I'd never heard about that. SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #76
My aunt would be in her 130s by now, so, no. But I will file that info away for anyone who needs such help Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #77
I had a friend whose 1 foot was a half size zmaller than her other foot SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #79
Vaccinations that worked so well, that people of later generations question Bristlecone 21 hrs ago #59
You speak the truth! MIButterfly 21 hrs ago #62
I don't think it's about vaccines BaronChocula 21 hrs ago #61
My sweetheart of a mother caught it at age 3, in the late 1920s lostnfound 21 hrs ago #63
I have the mark of the beast on my arm NHvet 21 hrs ago #64
People in "iron lungs" were real. My sister had a relationship with one. Unsure of the extent. I was pretty young. nt Evolve Dammit 20 hrs ago #66
I'm guessing all the dead MAGAT anti-covid vaccine morons would be in the no need for polio vaccine camp. NoMoreRepugs 20 hrs ago #68
I was born in 1955. I had a sheltered childhood, but. I remember Vogon_Glory 20 hrs ago #69
Survivors Maninacan 20 hrs ago #78
As a kid, nothing terrified me more CanonRay 20 hrs ago #82
You're so right charliea 19 hrs ago #84
RFK Jr. is anti vax The Wizard 19 hrs ago #85
Alan Alda told his story of recovering from polio FullySupportDems 19 hrs ago #87
Amen. tavernier 19 hrs ago #88
Amen ! republianmushroom 18 hrs ago #89
I had polio as a child. Had braces on my legs for a while. Apparently hated the braces so much that I highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #91
Every So Often The Conductor 18 hrs ago #92
Bring back the pictures of polio kids in iron lungs. Aussie105 18 hrs ago #93
My sister's best friend from 6 years old had polio and we were all vaxed Bev54 17 hrs ago #95
The baby graves were visible from my school playground Betty Boom 15 hrs ago #96
My grandma was cribbled from polio. Figarosmom 14 hrs ago #97
Hear Hear MIButterfly! I remember. flashman13 8 hrs ago #98
I'm a few years younger than you... COL Mustard 7 hrs ago #99
I do remember Racygrandma 5 hrs ago #102
vax nonsense newruby 4 hrs ago #103
The song "Save the Last Dance for Me" Freddie 4 hrs ago #106
The daughter of my grandparents' best friends evolves 1 hr ago #107
I knew two twin girls, maybe 5 years old, who were March of Dimes poster children. dedl67 37 min ago #108
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