I wasn't born in the danger slot but I have never had mumps, even when my brother and best chum succumbed in 1972. Should I be afraid, very afraid, or can I assume some sort of immunity? I had German measles twice, but that probably means 0 in terms of mumps immunity, even if it is now the same jab. Also I was wondering about TB - before antibiotics did people recover spontaneously, or did the people thought to be threatened who didn't actually die not really have consumption in the first place. I was reading recently about consumption in the 18th C, that it was assumed to be a congenital tendency, rather than contagious, so presumably no steps were taken to quarantine the afflicted. Debra
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