triggerhappymidget t1_ity5uqp wrote
internetdiscocat t1_itzkif6 wrote
And just for people who don’t really know: diphtheria is AWFUL.
It’s nickname is “the strangling angel” because you grow a leathery plaque in your throat that just obstructs your airway and your lymph nodes swell.
I think people thought it was like a flu, but it’s a HORRIBLE illness that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
Irlandaise11 t1_itzpksz wrote
My great-aunt died from diphtheria a few years after this. She was only 9, and her younger siblings all survived, but my great-grandparents were devastated.
atlantis_airlines t1_ity65xr wrote
I think that was it, sounds familiar.
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