The US has surpassed 1,100 measles cases in two months. Expect more deaths next

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16. Sounds familiar.

I was one of seven children who grew up in the 50's. When one of us got something it went right down the line. We were a poor family and I can only remember going to a doctor once or twice, one of the times being when I had the measles. I look back on that memory and now realize that they must have been extremely worried about me if they took me to the doctor. I remember that there was some information that said it could affect eyesight, so the doctor gave me some little cheap sunglasses to wear and told my mother that she should put me in a dark room with the shade pulled down when we got home which she did. I rarely got any individual attention since I was the fifth of seven kids, so I felt really special since my mother actually sat next to the bed and read me a story.

When my two children were little I was damned sure they would be vaccinated with every thing that was recommended. They didn't have the chicken pox vaccination yet, so they both got the chicken pox.