Dr Bob on Nostr: Roald Dahl vs the #AntiVaxxers #RoaldDahl dedicated two of his books to his oldest ...
Roald Dahl vs the #AntiVaxxers
#RoaldDahl dedicated two of his books to his oldest daughter Olivia. The first, James and the Giant Peach, was before she caught the measles at age seven. The second, The BFG, was after she died of #Measles-induced #Encephalitis, a rare and extremely deadly complication of what many people still mistakenly believe is a mild childhood disease.
The first vaccine against measles was licensed in the US in 1963, just a year after Dahl’s daughter died. In 1986, he wrote a letter urging parents to take the opportunity he never had.
#vaccines #GiftLink
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-29/roald-dahl-s-deadly-measles-warning-is-still-relevant?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNjU4MDAzMSwiZXhwIjoxNzA3MTg0ODMxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTODBSV0JUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2OENCN0UxMzdCN0Q0M0ZCQTMzNDgzQkM1QkJCN0M4MiJ9.mG01o4UpRj5y7dYnttkYakljPV4hKHv_YNenilqDDkc
#RoaldDahl dedicated two of his books to his oldest daughter Olivia. The first, James and the Giant Peach, was before she caught the measles at age seven. The second, The BFG, was after she died of #Measles-induced #Encephalitis, a rare and extremely deadly complication of what many people still mistakenly believe is a mild childhood disease.
The first vaccine against measles was licensed in the US in 1963, just a year after Dahl’s daughter died. In 1986, he wrote a letter urging parents to take the opportunity he never had.
#vaccines #GiftLink
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-29/roald-dahl-s-deadly-measles-warning-is-still-relevant?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNjU4MDAzMSwiZXhwIjoxNzA3MTg0ODMxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTODBSV0JUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2OENCN0UxMzdCN0Q0M0ZCQTMzNDgzQkM1QkJCN0M4MiJ9.mG01o4UpRj5y7dYnttkYakljPV4hKHv_YNenilqDDkc