• MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Oh please. I got the polio vaccine shot in the 1950s. Polio absolutely haunted families back then - I knew kids who wore calipers, and read about people kept alive in iron lungs. My best friend was bedridden for a year with polio. The vaccine was welcomed, and now no-one gets polio.

    I have a friend who is antivax and her reason are spurious, based on something she read on the internet and a general suspicion of science. Needless to say she had the polio vaccine as a child. I feel superior to her because I AM.

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      3 days ago

      You really arent. But I guess you need to believe that to feel good about your behavior. :)

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        9 hours ago

        Ha ha, that’s exactly what my friend is like - she feels superior to ME so she can feel good about her behaviour. i guess the same goes for you, lol.

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          9 hours ago

          No I dont think Im superior to anyone. You said you felt superior, so I just figured I would tell you that its just not true.

          Its kind of hard to feel superior as someone who doesnt vaccinate isnt it? What is there to be superior about in that case? Naah its not that at all. I just dont want to risk the side effects.