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Joseph on Nostr: nprofile1q…un00n I caught the measles in Senegal in 1984 when I was a 20-something ...

I caught the measles in Senegal in 1984 when I was a 20-something Peace Corps volunteer, presumably because I received an ineffective vaccine in childhood. It was the sickest I’ve ever been—high fever, double vision, and it left me with a permanent heart arrhythmia. After being bedridden for 2 weeks, I was out of breath from walking short distances and it took months for me to regain my strength. You don’t want the measles.