Cheaper by the Dozen was a popular movie in 1950 and was remade in 2003 by Steve Martin. It tells the true story of Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and his family of 12 children. What the movies leave out, not surprisingly, is that Mary Gilbreth, the real life second oldest child in the family, died […]
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Roald Dahl, the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, lost his daughter Olivia to measles in 1962, prior to the vaccine’s development. In 1986, he advocated for vaccinations, emphasizing their importance in preventing similar tragedies. Dahl’s experience underscored the dangers of measles and urged parents to immunize their children.
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It is no fun having a vaccine-preventable disease. Believe me, I still remember having a bad case of chicken pox when I was a kid. So how is the board game Candy Land associated with vaccines? Eleanor Abbot designed Candy Land for kids recovering from polio in 1948. It was played on the hospital wards
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