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- Voices For Vaccines
We Lost Freddie to Measles
Before the measles vaccine arrived in 1963, nearly every child in the U.S. caught the disease. Most families remember it as a normal part of growing up. For…
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Rotavirus Spreads Like Glitter. I Washed My Hands Until They Bled, But It Wasn’t Enough.
by Morgan Sorber “Have you ever gotten glitter on your hands? Have you ever tried to wash it off? Soap and water don’t really work. Glitter sticks. That’s…
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I Spent a Year of My Childhood in the Hospital with Polio. I Still Cry About It.
by Don Schellberg There were about 50 kids in my hospital ward. Rows of metal cribs. I was three years old, and I would be there for a year. My parents and…
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Hepatitis B Isn’t a Character Flaw. It Took Me Years to Believe That.
This story was produced in partnership with the Hepatitis B Foundation. They previously shared Sonia’s story in the video embedded further down in the article…
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My mom had polio. Her life was hard.
by Melissa Johnson My mom’s life was so hard. She told me when she was a child that she was in an iron lung. That she had braces on her legs for years. She…
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I Caught Mumps from My Sister. It Nearly Killed Me.
by Marlene Moulder I was nine years old, burning up with fever, when my father carried me through the back door of a pediatrician’s office in Houston. Polio…
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Every Shabbat, I Light Candles for a Girl Who Died of Polio
by Lynne Sandler Two things have stayed with me from childhood. The first is a memory: I was sick with measles and struggling to breathe. My father took my…
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My Aunt Caught Measles in 1957. The Vaccine Came Six Years Too Late.
by Britt Tan I can’t precisely recall my first memory of her. I was probably around five, and like most of my earliest memories, it’s jumbled. More like a…
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A Doctor Said I’d Be Lucky to Live Past 30. I’m Still Here.
This story was produced in partnership with the Hepatitis B Foundation. DeWayne connected with the Foundation through their storyteller program, and they…
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I Grew Up Unvaccinated and Got Lucky. Now I’m a Vaccine Advocate.
by Erin R. For years, I didn’t think my story was worth telling. When people share stories about growing up unvaccinated, they often describe contracting…
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My Grandmother Never Talked About the 1918 Pandemic. Until She Heard Me Cough.
When the coffins ran out, they used doors. Grandma carried the memory of one forever.
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I’m a Doctor. Hepatitis B Almost Killed Me Anyway.
If we make people feel the vaccine is not important, we will go back to a public health crisis.
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Here’s What I Know About Vaccines. Trust Me. I’m a Goldendoodle.
My name's Harvey! Here's the story of how one of my friends wasn't vaccinated and got kennel cough.
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Hep B Affected Us For Generations
It took me a while to see Hep B for what it was: an intergenerational problem for my family.
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I’m beating the odds after cancer. Vaccines help me do it.
I’ve overcome so much medically. But I can’t beat measles and other diseases on my own.
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I Can’t Be Vaccinated. That’s Why I Need You to Be.
Every time I get sick, my immune system treats it as something it's never seen before—a complete unknown.
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I Was Four Years Old When Measles Collapsed My Left Lung
Measles vaccine became widely available two years later, when I was in first grade.
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Love Vaccinates: Faith and Community Immunity
Love your neighbor as yourself, including by protecting them from disease. Three faith leaders speak on the importance of vaccination.
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I See COVID Through Memories of the Summer of 1953
The pandemic took me back to when polio stalked every neighborhood in America.
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A Vaccine Can Prevent This Cancer
The vaccine didn't exist when I was a teen. I truly wish it had been available, because cancer was brutal.