I had German measles, chicken pox and mumps growing up. I remember being kept in a darkened room for mumps, because the light hurt my eyes; I don’t remember much more, except it hurt to swallow, so maybe a mild case and I was young. Chicken pox as a preteen – oh, god, the itching and being told not to scratch when that would have been better than Christmas morning – I would have easily traded my brother for relief. Wait, would that be a bad thing? And chicken pox leaves scars, some deep, some shallow. So you can bet your ass my kids were vaccinated. A story on six childhood nightmares in the New York Times that you can read for free as part of my subscription. And no, I don’t agree with every vaccine currently being pushed, but these have withstood the test of time.