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My Grandmother Never Talked About the 1918 Pandemic. Until She Heard Me Cough.

When the coffins ran out, they used doors. Grandma carried the memory of one forever.

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I’m a Doctor. Hepatitis B Almost Killed Me Anyway.

If we make people feel the vaccine is not important, we will go back to a public health crisis.

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Here’s What I Know About Vaccines. Trust Me. I’m a Goldendoodle.

My name's Harvey! Here's the story of how one of my friends wasn't vaccinated and got kennel cough.

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Hep B Affected Us For Generations

It took me a while to see Hep B for what it was: an intergenerational problem for my family.

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I’m beating the odds after cancer. Vaccines help me do it.

I’ve overcome so much medically. But I can’t beat measles and other diseases on my own.

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I Can’t Be Vaccinated. That’s Why I Need You to Be.

Every time I get sick, my immune system treats it as something it's never seen before—a complete unknown.

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I Was Four Years Old When Measles Collapsed My Left Lung

Measles vaccine became widely available two years later, when I was in first grade.

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Love Vaccinates: Faith and Community Immunity

Love your neighbor as yourself, including by protecting them from disease. Three faith leaders speak on the importance of vaccination.

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I See COVID Through Memories of the Summer of 1953

The pandemic took me back to when polio stalked every neighborhood in America.

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A Vaccine Can Prevent This Cancer

The vaccine didn't exist when I was a teen. I truly wish it had been available, because cancer was brutal.

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