[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good stuff. When I worked in China in 1976-1977, I had to get a huge battery of inoculations. The only place on the entire West Coast where I could get the shots was the VA hospital in SF. The battery included diphtheria, typhus, typhoid, yellow fever, and tetanus (I’m probably forgetting a couple others). I never knew what diphtheria did to you until reading this article. There was no Hepatitis A or Dengue Fever shot in those days, either. I wound up getting Hep A in Mexico.

I also thought it was pronounced “dip-ther-ia.” I never noticed the “h”after the “p” before!

[LadyDoc]

You now need hep A AND hep B...but don't get dengue vaccine. It cuts the number of cases, but if you do come down with it, you have a higher chance to get the more severe version of the disease.
There is a huge scandal about this right now in the Philippines.
I never saw a case of diphtheria, but when I started medical school in the 1960s, the city still had an infectious disease hospital. Our teachers pointed out the bell at the entrance that they rang for help for children coming in with diptheria chocking on the membrane, so the doctor could do an emergency tracheostomy, that is cut open the windpipe so the kid could breathe.
Scarey. I had to do this surgery twice when I worked in Africa, but both cases turned out to be severe viral croup..

[cba123]

Very early. 1976-1977.

Interesting time then. Before Tian an Men. I think I have never met someone who went to China, so early before.

Nice to meet you.