My dad told me about getting his polio vaccination during the public health drives of the 1960s. They did an entire grade school in a single day. And there were

My dad told me about getting his polio vaccination during the public health drives of the 1960s. They did an entire grade school in a single day. And there were parents who were furious about it at the time. No progress happens without protest. But personally, I'm pretty damn thankful for their sacrifice so that we live in a largely polio-free world today. I'm not sure when "what you can do for your country" got so small that people aren't willing to take the minuscule risk of vaccination side effects in order to gift the substantial benefit to their neighbors. Used to be, selfishness like that made you an asshole.