On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:24:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Charities keep going, even when their reason for being no longer exists.
> > Here are three prime examples:
> >
> > When my parents were kids, there was
> >
> > Christmas Seals -- to fight tuberculosis
> > The March of Dimes -- to fight polio
> > Easter Seals -- to help crippled kids
> >
> > TB was cured, but Christmas Seals kept going, orienting its mission to
> > general lung ailments.
> > Polio was cured, but the March of Dimes kept going, changing its mission
> > to have something to do with birth defects.
> > Kids stopped getting crippled (same thing happened to the Shriners
> > Hospitals) but Easter Seals kept going, changing its mission to have
> > something to do with disabled children, especially autistic kids.
>
> Actually, TB is back. Perhaps not so much in this country but it is here.

TB never went away. What's back is all the childhood diseases,
including whooping cough, thanks to stupid parents who don't vaccinate
their children.
http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/images/...ph-2014-lg.jpg


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