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Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 06, 1957
May 05, 1957
May 07, 1957
Transcript:
Violet and Charlie Brown are talking in the field. He asks, "Do I look like I may have measles or mumps or anything?"<br> <br> She looks at him and replies, "No, I don't think so, Charlie Brown.." He says, "That's too bad.."<br> <br> He continues, "Our family is going on vacation in July.."<br> <br> They sit on a bench and he concludes, "If I'm going to catch anything, I've got orders to catch it now!"<br> <br>
The measles vaccine didn’t exist in 1957. That won’t be invented until 1963. A mumps vaccine was developed in 1948 but it was not terribly effective, and a really good vaccine wouldn’t be invented until the 1960s. The MMR vaccine was invented in 1971.