04-03-2020, 10:36 AM
nefarious motivations of the powers-that-be.
I was probably just getting to an age where I could pronounce con-spir-a-cy, but nuclear power was still considered safe and too cheap to meter, so I lined up along with all the other duck-n-cover practitioners of the era, in a hallway outside our school’s gymnasium. Inside the gym was a series of tables and medical looking people who took our names and handed us each a small white disposable paper cup, about an inch across, filled with a sugary sweet liquid that contained the polio vaccine.
I don’t remember hearing any adults or kids questioning whether the vaccine was other than what they said it was. We didn’t need lame, irrational, conspiracy theories back then. We had Bonanza and the Ed Sullivan Show for entertainment.
I was probably just getting to an age where I could pronounce con-spir-a-cy, but nuclear power was still considered safe and too cheap to meter, so I lined up along with all the other duck-n-cover practitioners of the era, in a hallway outside our school’s gymnasium. Inside the gym was a series of tables and medical looking people who took our names and handed us each a small white disposable paper cup, about an inch across, filled with a sugary sweet liquid that contained the polio vaccine.
I don’t remember hearing any adults or kids questioning whether the vaccine was other than what they said it was. We didn’t need lame, irrational, conspiracy theories back then. We had Bonanza and the Ed Sullivan Show for entertainment.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves