Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Smallpox was eradicated about 30 years ago, after an intense global effort.
I suspect, however, that the cost/benefit analysis regarding eradication of chicken pox isn't something that pans out. It's rarely more than a nuisance, the vaccine ain't cheap, and frankly, there are a hell of a lot more pressing concerns that the world's public health dollars should be spent on.
Someone make me stop reading WHO stats before bed.
(eta: on the plus side, epidemiology maps! who needs sleep?)
(eta+: measles sadly not nearly gone: 242,000 deaths worldwide in 2006 (compare: ~1 mil for malaria). BUT what I went looking for -- polio is the new smallpox; it's down to 1300 cases (2007), and is endemic in only 4 countries. Fucker's going DOWN.)
(Umm, I'll shut up now.)
I can't imagine having an infant with it, Burrell. You're so right -- the baby would be miserable, but would never remember it.
I had chickenpox when I was 18 months. Don't remember it at all. My 2 older sisters had it and I got it from them.
Hiya, Bitches!!!
When I was a kid, I had the mildest case of measles my doctor had ever seen.
My mom always says I had "measle."
I've been trying to meet up with this guy from OK Cupid for a week. We might be able to do Monday but the scheduling is tricky so we'd have to exchange cell phone numbers. Should I go for it?
I think they made up the chickenpox vaccine because it's super-dangerous to kids who are sick in some other ways to get cp. (The things I learned in my wannabe-doctor phase. Unfortunately, they weren't things like math.)
I'm supposed to learn a new word today and it's not too late. What's your favorite obscure word?
Laga, my favorite obscure word is gloaming, but I doubt it is obscure enough for your purposes. I like the way it sounds and I like the time of day/lighting conditions it means.
I found one! Tmesis. Now I have to go look up gloaming. (I think it has something to do with twilight or dawn).
...from having to drop the show at the beginning of April.That's not our show is it? Thats May I think. Memory gone. Too many shows at once. I need sight-to-sight transporter. Just within the building. Well, and to get home wouldn't hurt.
Laga, if it helps, I exchanged digits with my date on Friday. Granted, we've been exchanging e-mails for several weeks now.