 | GenghisTheHun (168)
11/29/2007 | This is a horrible disease, and one thing our government did do was stamp it out, in the USA at least, by vaccination.
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 | edt4 (99)
11/29/2007 | When my uncle was a child, he nearly died of this disease. Our family was REALLY poor in the Depression, when everybody else was just plain poor. My uncle was treated at the charity hospital in Jersey City built by Mayor Frank "I Am The Law" Hague, and his life was saved. After that, Mayor Hague could do no wrong, as far as my grandmother was concerned. I may be wrong, but I believe the hospital is still in operation, although probably not for much longer.
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 | CleverElsie (12)
11/26/2007 | A bacterial infection with flu-like sometimes plus a sore-throat
and, sometimes, severe swelling in the neck. Severe cases can
cause respiratory paralysis or cardiac arrest. Fatality is
estimated at 5-20%, but incidence has decreased significantly due to
the widespread diphtheria vaccine.
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