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BumRushDaShow

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8. Apparently he has an issue with a preservative used in vaccines like this
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 06:42 AM
Jun 20

(i.e., ones that cover multiple viruses)

The ingredient - thimerosal - is mercury-based but is also a substance found naturally in certain seafood like tuna.

I know that the MMR wasn't out when we were kids. I had a standalone Measles one, then ended up contracting the Mumps, and finally getting the standalone Rubella (German Measles) one when it came out in the late '60s. With the latest Measles outbreak, I had considered going on and getting a MMR (to be a booster as they said that some of the early standalone Measles shots didn't use a live virus).

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