Maurice Hilleman was a gifted scientist who worked for Merck Pharmaceuticals, who specialized in making vaccines. So when his daughter got sick, he took a swab from the back of her throat and took it to his lab in the middle of the night and figured out a way to turn that into the vaccine that we use today. The MMR vaccine alone has been given to over a billion children around the world, to where now mumps is rare and treatable. So, I’ll say it again… Maurice Hilleman’s daughter got the mumps… isn’t that great?

Don’t you hate it when people ruin something you enjoy by telling you something you didn’t know? Don’t tell me that, just let me enjoy it. Don’t bother me with the facts, like it the way it is. May feel the same way about Christmas story. Love Christmas and the way you view it, the way you practice it… Well, too bad, just a little, can’t help it. — Watch the video to learn more!