"A week later we found out it was nothing (or at least nothing compared to rubella), but I was amazed how blase some people were about it. These diseases are serious things. Sometimes I think the lack of exposure to them these past 50 years has made people forget how dangerous they once were."
Amen. Take it from one of the oddballs who had Whooping Cough when she was 8, even though I actually HAD been vaccinated against it...These diseases are nothing to sneeze at. I spent 5 and a half miserable weeks coughing my lungs up (or feeling like it anyway) and struggling just to breathe, and I would have rather been in school the whole time. The fact they're so rare these days and can be treated with medication doesn't make them any less serious.
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Date: 2006-06-01 08:14 pm (UTC)Amen. Take it from one of the oddballs who had Whooping Cough when she was 8, even though I actually HAD been vaccinated against it...These diseases are nothing to sneeze at. I spent 5 and a half miserable weeks coughing my lungs up (or feeling like it anyway) and struggling just to breathe, and I would have rather been in school the whole time. The fact they're so rare these days and can be treated with medication doesn't make them any less serious.