On 25/05/2021 16:16, JNugent wrote:
On 25/05/2021 10:41 am, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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It's similar to Covid. 'I've not caught it, therefore all these
precautions are stupid, and disrupt my life'

Ee... it were all that "polio" when I were a lad (I do remember a class
mate who'd had it).

Oh yes. Laura. Walked on crutches with leg braces and had the most
painful pinch of any 8 year old

And Diphtheria. And Tuberculosis.

Of course, there was always Scarlet Fever, Chickenpox and Measles.

Had all those. And worse. Whooping cough. ****ed my lungs permanently.


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