Neither is MGH or MGH Neurology responsible for the content of any articles or replies. No messages are screened for content. A hundred years ago, people got sick and died from all sorts of things which don't apply today. And so on. Children have immunizations against all sorts of things.
Older people get flu shots every winter.
Polio is no longer a scourge. Tuberculosis is making a resurgence, and has become a very real propblem again, but is no longer occupying the conciousness of the public. If someone has a heart attack, hospitals have become very adept at saving them and even rehabilitating them. The answer . . . Many of the older problems don't apply any more.