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Lonestarblue

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1. With vaccination, measles was eliminated in the US in 2000.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:14 AM

Jun 13

A fake study from the UK connecting vaccines to autism (and now debunked many times over) and right-wing conspiracists have now made measles popular again. According to historical data, between 1953 and 1963 when the vaccine was introduced, annual deaths numbered 400 to 500, 48,000 were hospitalized, and 4,000 suffered encephalitis (swelling of the brain) from measles. It’s criminal that we have a Health Secretary who believes in conspiracies instead of science.

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Measles cases are in 34 states with North Dakota now the focus [View all] douglas9 Jun 13 OP

With vaccination, measles was eliminated in the US in 2000. Lonestarblue Jun 13 #1