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My dad was born iin 1930. He escaped polio partly because his parents did not let him out of the house for a year. His dad had a "mild" case of polio, and it affected his hand. His hand was messed up from then on. He was lucky it did not get to his legs.
My dad's best friend in grade school died from lockjaw or tetanus from stepping on a rusty piece of metal.
The age before antibiotics was the period where many people died from a simple infection. There is no doubt, I would not be alive without antibiotics. I had phenomena twice as a kid, and had to live in an oxygen tent for several days as a kid on two occasions.
So, yea I had a great childhood, in the Leave it to Beaver era.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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