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markodochartaigh

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5. I remember when the polio vaccine was being

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:48 AM

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given out on sugar cubes in school. My Mother was so happy that we had the opportunity. She had had a dear friend who had died from polio in México.

And I remember the upset people in the mid 80's when seat belts were made mandatory in Texas. It's the very people who most resent the nanny state who need it the most.

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The lack of reliability of the data was because markodochartaigh Saturday #1

And, if I recall, the Florida surgeon general was a RFK Jr. type nightmare when Covid was raging there Rhiannon12866 Saturday #2

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Thanks! I remember seeing him on the news at the time and wondered how he ever got that job Rhiannon12866 Saturday #4

I remember when the polio vaccine was being markodochartaigh Saturday #5

I have no idea what inoculations that we got in school, but I do remember that a whole lot of kids got them Rhiannon12866 Saturday #6