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My mom always told me that measles was what made my sister sick. I was 8 when she finally explained the whole thing.

My aunt fell fully into the anti-vax movement. She was an authority figure in my life, so I fell headfirst into it with her.

I survived meningitis, seemingly unaffected. It took years to understand the true impact.

Measles has a terrible side effect most people don't know about.

I grew up in a Christian Scientist household. When I turned 18, I became a rebel.

Six months after I beat my polio infection, I re-learned how to walk. But my life wasn't the same.

I was at work with mild symptoms and within half a day I was hallucinating.

I was never convinced that vaccines were bad, but I was too young to question why my mother wouldn’t let me get them. 

My son is now almost three-and-a-half years old. His life shouldn’t be about us trying to dodge diseases.