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We were close to clearing out measles in western countries until the anti-vax movement came along. These days, not so much.
by mellavora 5y ago
We were close to clearing out measles in western countries until the anti-vax movement came along. These days, not so much.
- throwawayboise 5y agoWhat is the fraction of the population who is anti-vax with regard to measles? I don't know anyone. I do know many people who are reluctant/refusing to get the COVID vax.
- makomk 5y agoPeak anti-vax for measles was like two decades ago, at least over here in the UK - we were at pretty much an all-time record high for MMR vaccinations of kids before Covid came along and disrupted all the vaccination programs. (I know the BBC ran a very misleading article making it sound like Facebook was causing a vaccination crisis and putting us at risk of a measles outbreak, but in reality the actual danger is from all the people who weren't vaccinated years ago due in part to their own bad reporting.)