The virus that causes 'immune amnesia'

[Freddie]

6. Interesting

I’m pretty sure I had rubella 2x, when I was 5 and again when I was 8, during the Great Rubella Epidemic of 1965. It was the only time in 13 years of school I was sent home by the nurse; nowadays they would close schools like they do occasionally for stomach bug epidemics. My husband told me how sick he was with mumps around the same age, considering the fairly frequent consequences of mumps in boys, we’re fortunate to have our 2 kids. And my dad used to tell stories of polio epidemics in the summer. People don’t appreciate how awesome vaccines can be.