“It is not a mild infection, it is not a mild virus; it is a severe illness. And they kept on telling me they wish they’d known beforehand how bad measles was, so that they could have protected their family,” she said.

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    My mom’s friends brought their kids over when I got chicken pox for a party, as they used to. I remember wondering what the hell was going on. This was a year or two after you got the trifecta. Chicken pox was bad enough, that must have sucked.

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      i remember had to get aveeno bath for chickenpox, dint realize i had the vaccine in '99 until i checked, because i got shingles like late 2000s.