Whooping cough, measles, smallpox, polio...
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Whooping cough, measles, smallpox, polio. All were dreaded diseases. Each of them killed hundreds or thousands during an epidemic. People lived in fear for their own lives and for their children's. Entire families, even small communities, were quarantined in an effort to keep other people from becoming infected. Although drastic, such measures were often ineffective in stemming the tide of illness and death.
Advances in science and technology over the past fifty years have nearly wiped out these killer diseases. Millions of people around the world have been vaccinated against one or all of them. The vaccines protect them from the ravages of disease. Perhaps equally important, the vaccines also eliminate any need to live in fear of these particular diseases.
Life without disease. Life without fear. Precious gifts from the scientists and health care professionals who committed their lives to these marvelous advances.
-- Spencer
Advances in science and technology over the past fifty years have nearly wiped out these killer diseases. Millions of people around the world have been vaccinated against one or all of them. The vaccines protect them from the ravages of disease. Perhaps equally important, the vaccines also eliminate any need to live in fear of these particular diseases.
Life without disease. Life without fear. Precious gifts from the scientists and health care professionals who committed their lives to these marvelous advances.
-- Spencer
