re: #229 Blind Frog Belly White

People do not remember the time - which was within the lives of some - when infectious disease was one of the, if not THE biggest killer of people. Or when child mortality was around 50%. Boomers have a vague recollection of having the measles and having to stay home from school for a week. What they don’t remember was of the 500,000 kids a year who came down with measles in the 1950s, 4-500 of them died.

It’s not as benign as a lot of people remember it being.

Actually, I think most boomers — or at least the “leading edge” of the cohort do remember (one of my classmates had lasting effects from polio, and such). I think the real denialism (is that a word?) starts somewhat later.