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Old 03-02-2005, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by eskimo
Any chance that you're confusing mumps with chickenpox?

Even so, I think cases of sterility caused by mumps are considered rare. Something to be avoided, certainly. For just this reason, I received a mumps vaccination because I hadn't gotten the disease during childhood.
You might be right about that......all I know is I had all of those as a kid...

including missing 2 weeks of school with german measles in the 4th grade ......just weeks before they started vaccinating kids for it.
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