Word: agee
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Paradoxically, although measles shots have been available for 14 years, more high school and college age youngsters are now susceptible to rubeola than ever before. In the past, this group was largely untouched by measles, but lately it has been hard hit. Reason: many teenagers were not exposed in childhood and thus did not develop antibodies against measles. Warns Dr. James Cherry, professor of pediatrics at the University of California in Los Angeles: "What we now have, for the first time in history, is a whole herd of older people who are not immune. I think it is a problem...
Incomplete Immunity. Another complication is that many of today's teen-agers received shots before the age of one year, when their bodies still contained antibodies from their mothers that interfered with their developing complete immunity. For this reason, the U.S. Public Health Service is now recommending that vaccinations be deferred until 15 months, unless special circumstances like an outbreak of measles require earlier vaccinations. When such eruptions do occur, says the Public Health Service, shots should be given to all susceptible young people, even students on college campuses...
...Crab Soup. There was something for everyone and every age, from jazz sets to film screenings. To the delight of children, giant puppets strolled the streets. Free sculpture and art shows blossomed at scenic and historic sites around the city. Charleston's restaurants were ready with that minor art form known as low-country cooking: she-crab soup, sauteed shrimp, fried oysters, Limehouse sausage...
Still, it's hard not to see a clue in the fact that demographers, who in the '60s seemed to be saying that the median age of the population was something like seven, now pronounce that the U.S. is middleaged, and counting. Middle age is a sitcom joke no one wants to be the butt of, and the generation now turning 40 is the one that never trusted anyone over 30. Its members, who are among the most fanatical cyclists, joggers, iron-pumpers, lap-swimmers, rope-jumpers and cross-country skiers, were especially hard hit by the society...
...Age deters runners no more than sex. Marathoners in their 60s are almost commonplace now, and two weeks ago, 78-year-old Dr. Paul Spangler completed the 7.6-mile Bay-to-Breakers race in San Francisco in the respectable time of 60:14. (Twenty-five-year-old John Holewinski collapsed during the race and died shortly afterward; and 30-year-old Pro Tennis Player Karen Krantzcke died this year after jogging. Such deaths are rare, but exercise experts strongly recommend physical exams for beginning joggers...