Changes worth celebrating, that have happened in my lifetime

[oreo_muncher]

More mental health awareness, but it's still not perfect. There is a societal acceptance of depression and anxiety, rather than the old motto, get over it. But still a lack of awareness of the more difficult mental health conditions.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Vaccines approved since I was born. I didn’t even know vaccines for malaria and Ebola are now out there. I’ve had 5 of the ones listed below. I caught Chicken Pox in 1989 as a young adult. I caught measles and mumps much younger.

• 1967 First vaccine for mumps
• 1970 First vaccine for rubella
• 1977 First vaccine for pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
• 1978 First vaccine for meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis)
• 1980 Smallpox declared eradicated worldwide due to vaccination efforts
• 1981 First vaccine for hepatitis B (first vaccine to target a cause of cancer)
• 1984 First vaccine for chicken pox
• 1985 First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB)
• 1989 First vaccine for Q fever[12]
• 1991 First vaccine for hepatitis A[13]
• 1998 First vaccine for Lyme disease
• 1998 First vaccine for rotavirus[14]

21st centuryEdit

• 2003 First nasal influenza vaccine approved in U.S. (FluMist)
• 2006 First vaccine for human papillomavirus (which is a cause of cervical cancer)
• 2012 First vaccine for hepatitis E[15]
• 2012 First quadrivalent (4-strain) influenza vaccine
• 2015 First vaccine for enterovirus 71, one cause of hand foot mouth disease[16]
• 2015 First vaccine for malaria[17]
• 2015 First vaccine for dengue fever[18]
• 2019 First vaccine for ebola approved[19]
• 2020 First vaccine for Coronavirus disease 2019 approved, which is also the first RNA vaccineto be approved (BNT162b2)[20]

 

[Blue Hills]

Far safer cars.
Next step - less of them.

 

[Blue Hills]

More honesty about sex and the decline of ye olde worlde news of the world prurience - scandals that weren't scandals.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Far safer cars.
Next step - less of them.

Safer for the occupants , not so much vulnerable road users.

 

[accountantpete]

Supermarkets.

 

[Harril]

MP3 Players. Just being able to move my entire record collection around in my pocket everyday is incredible!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Oh I don't know.
Did you never enjoy the challenge of picking up pieces of burning wood or coal from the fireside rug and returning them to the fire before the rug was scorch-marked and the fingers burned?

Not forgetting spitting on the fire and hearing it sizzle! Damn',i miss those times!🧐

 

[GoldenLamprey]

MP3 Players. Just being able to move my entire record collection around in my pocket everyday is incredible!

Storage media generally. All those records, CDs, books and photos on SD and micro SD cards. Small houses are more practical than ever!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Have sunbeds and sauna/steam rooms been mentioned previously?

If only you could do both in one place,instead of having to get dressed again to go to the other.My local leisure centre had both next door to each other,but binned the sunbeds because of 'health and safety' rules. On a wet miserable day (usually the case) in Accrington you can get a bit of 'sun' and heat,which i'd say wasn't an option when i was born in 1960.👍

 

[cyberknight]

Indoor loos
Loved to visit my nan and have to use the outdoor facilities mid winter and newspaper for wiping

 

[Blue Hills]

The return of trams.
(Tho never disappeared from the enlightened borough of blackpool)

 

[Harril]

Storage media generally. All those records, CDs, books and photos on SD and micro SD cards. Small houses are more practical than ever!

Yes, we tend to have a lot less living space these days, it makes practical sense to have your media in a digital format.

 

[PaulB]

Smoking ban. USB connection in cars. Gorbachev easing our fears about imminent nuclear wipe out.

 

[sheddy]

IMO supermarkets are controversial.
Far too much power.

Partly responsible for the demise of town centres, car centric planning and marginalisation of walking & cycling.