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Kurt, two of our neighbors were children in the 30s. They contracted polio and it resulted in the typical damage to their legs. I remember helping my dad in the cemetery and noting the small stones near larger headstones of families. Dad informed me they were marking stones of children who died in infancy. Without vaccines or antibiotics families were often torn apart when diseases we casually dismiss passed through their community.
He used to say, "Anyone who talks about the Good Old Days wasn't there."
Sure there were good things about each period, there were also terrible costs.

Best
Les