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Got the Salk vaccine (injection) and then a few years later I got the Sabin (sugar cube). They gave out the Sabin vaccine in a huge assembly at school.

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I blame <a href="http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured\/dp\/1608193942\/\?tag=wonkette0f-20" target="_blank"> these fuckers.</a>

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Most people don't confuse rigor mortis with "strength".

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Bloating due to celiac disease, thanks to all the raw crap that the poor kid has to eat.

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Wakefield was worse than a hack . . . he was paid to do what he did, by lawyers who were suing vaccine makers. In a just world, that fucker (and the lawyers) would be sitting in a jail cell.

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,035 in Books

OK, now I'm horrified. I'd hoped for at least three more digits, and another comma.

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Sitting in a jail cell infected with measles.

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I got my shingles vaccination after all three of my sisters and my best friend all suffered through it. Best decision ever.

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"For most children it is a good thing to get measles,” Tina’s mother reassured her.

Except, of course, for <a href="http:\/\/www.roalddahlfans.com\/articles\/meas.php" target="_blank">the ones who die.</a> .

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It also makes it easy for the dude in the white beat up panel van call out to her by name. Stupid parent is stupid.

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A sanctimonious, self-righteous, pseudo-scientific, steeped in dumbass parent...did you mean that kind?

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I got the pox when I was in my 20s. I still have the scars to prove it.

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Melanie and Frogger: A love story

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I've been meaning to add my suggestion for Messenger's next book: "Irene's Iron Lung; Polio Can Be Fun!"

I have seen Messenger's views all over the comments on science and medical websites. Her main job seems to be making internet comments. She is an insufferable bore who loves junk science and swoons over any idea from Wakefield. Reading her nonsensical spew can make one headdesk oneself into a TBI, while simultaneously having a stroke from the absolute rage that her stupidity induces. The ideas she spreads among otherwise relatively intelligent people are terrifying.

I don't have kids, but from an adult standpoiint I don't want your poxy snowflake anywhere near me. Adult measles have MORE complications that children's and I don't want it.*

*I was vaccinated as a kid - lots and lots of years ago. Will it protect me? Some of the vaccines given between 1965-70 may not have the same long lasting effects as modern vaccines. "Ham's Awesome FMLA For Measles!" could be a reality.

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The comments on Amazon say more than I ever could.

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