Thanks Many younger people have no idea what modern medicine does for us that was not available when I was young. I had Rubella (german measles) that almost k

Thanks Many younger people have no idea what modern medicine does for us that was not available when I was young. I had Rubella (german measles) that almost killed me, mumps which I remember being very sick, and ChickenPox. We still have to fight the flu but I had the Asian flu when I was very young as well. Many people died that year, 1957. Estimates are about 70,000 in the USA. http://www.britannica.com/event/Asian-flu-of-1957 http://www.britannica.com/event/Asian-flu-of-1957 An interesting story about the German Measles. Our family physician at the time told my mother to expose me to my next door neighbor that had the measles because I would get it anyway. So I remember sitting with him for an afternoon. I don't remember anything else from the next 2 weeks. My mother apologized till the day she died for doing that to me. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Or at least that is the lie that I remind myself once in awhile.