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Measles
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Here they go cruising for a fortnight up in parts where everyone is dead of radiation, and all that they can catch is measles!
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― On the Beach
― On the Beach
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For some reason the word “chronic” often has to be explained. It does not mean severe, though many chronic conditions can be exceptionally serious and indeed life-threatening. No, “chronic” means persistent over time, enduring, constant. Diabetes is a chronic condition, but measles is not. With measles, you contract it and then it is gone. It can sometimes be fatal, but is never chronic. Manic depression, in other words, is something you have to learn to live with. There are therapies which may
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