Vaccinations in the 70's

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Yes, nothing but the Dt and the polio was mandated.. You could still get the

Salk vaccine for polio at the time.. The oral was a " convenience " due to

the " no paid of injection " quality. The MMR was not perfected until the

late '70's. Most mother were urged to vaccinate their children for the

Rubella due to the fact that if a pregnant mother came into contact with

their infected child that she could indeed aquire the disease and her baby

would be retarded. It was not stated to these mothers that this would make

their daughter set up fo that very same thing when they were pregnant in the

future... Most mothers did not know that it was only an issue of danger in

the first trimester of the pregnancies either... Mothers knew that Rubella

was often so mild that the baby or child would just seem cranky and out of

sorts for a few hours, break into a very mild pinkish rash on the their

bellies and chest, maybe the back and the neck and thighs. Their motivation

was protection of others and not her own child.

Recently when my son, had the bout of Mumps, I was interested in asking

everyone if they had this disease as a child. I spoke with with my mother

about this because would be around my sisters at some point.. I asked

if she vaccinated them for the measles and the mumps.. " Oh, no. Only for

Rubella. I was not interesting in spreading this disease to a pregnant

woman, but I felt that measles and mumps were not danger to these women. I

believe that these are disease that they should have. And besides we were

told at the time that the Rubella vaccine would be like the natural immunity

and last for their entire lives.. We did not realize that they were wrong.

But, no. I wanted all of you to have the mumps and the measles. These are

good disease to have, get over with them and then be healthier for the

experience " , was her statement to me.

I certainly was shocked.. My mother believes in vaccines and was upset with

me because I did not vaccinate my youngest one. She was always for vaccines

even when they were seeming to be damaging my as a baby.. They just

could not believe that the vaccine were the reasons that he did not speak

until over the age of 2 years, or that his learning problems were related to

any of this as he grew and entered school. I believe that my mother just

felt that it was some sort of genetic problem with my husbands " side of the

family " ... That type if thing...

Just thought I'd share..

Phyllis

Vaccinations in the 70's

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> Does anyone know what the mandated vaccinations were in the early 70's? I

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> just wondering what vaccines I got when I was an infant. My mother says

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> only ones she remembers is the DPT and Polio. I also got the MMR shot in

> high school because of an outbreak in my area. Thanks for any info!

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> Jen

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