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**Aguila Blanca** · April 14, 2025, 06:08 PM

I was born in 1944. When I was growing up, mumps, measles, and chicken pox were rites of passage. Everybody got them. It wasn't a question of "if," it was just a question of "when." The current flap over the measles "epidemic" in Texas leaves me shaking my head.

April 14, 2025, 06:08 PM	#17
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 19,034	I was born in 1944. When I was growing up, mumps, measles, and chicken pox were rites of passage. Everybody got them. It wasn't a question of "if," it was just a question of "when." The current flap over the measles "epidemic" in Texas leaves me shaking my head. __________________ NRA Life Member / Certified Instructor NRA Chief RSO / CMP RSO 1911 Certified Armorer Jeepaholic