Measles results in death or other permanent disability frequently enough
that our ancestors greatly feared it and it's why there's a vaccine for it.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 3:33 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> Vikriti D'Vita via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 21 Nov 2023 23:52:06 -0700
>
> >😂 Either way, I skipped today's meeting cos I've had a post viral
> >cough for 2 weeks. Its not contagious now, but I didn't wanna scare
> >anyone.
> >
> >Covids old news now but I'm Asian, so I just like wearing masks in
> >winter in general cos everyone gets sick and being sick sucks. :P
> >Missed a week of classes and these turing machines are looking like
> >voodoo to me now.
>
> I'm really sorry about your missed week of classes: That really sucks.
> I know because twelve years ago my daughter got Mono and had to miss two
> weeks, and her incompetent teachers wouldn't give her an excuse for the
> *ON PREMISIS* major exam. She had to drop the class.
>
> My daughter had Mono at 18 and it made a mess of her life for three
> weeks. I had Mono at 17 and it made a mess of my life for three weeks,
> including a week where I lay in bed instead of going to high school.
> Mono's not fatal and leaves no permanent scars, but while you have it
> it's absolutely miserable. My advice regarding Mono is to get plenty of
> rest and sleep, and don't go kissing everyone you cross paths with. Of
> course neither I nor my daughter followed that very same advice from
> our parents, so there you go.
>
> By the way, in 3rd grade I missed three full weeks because of Measles,
> another non-fatal disease that's miserable. I came within microns of
> flunking third grade.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
>
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