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> Measles were 95%+ reduced BEFORE the first measles vaccine even came into existance. Explain that? Before international travel was a common thing, it was pre
by legitster 2y ago
> Measles were 95%+ reduced BEFORE the first measles vaccine even came into existance. Explain that?
Before international travel was a common thing, it was pretty easy to isolate diseases through the use of lazarettos.
If we wanted to treat disease like back in the "good old days", we could forcibly quarantine anyone who got off of a plane for a few days.
- watwut 2y agoYou cant really do that with measles. It is super contagious before symptoms shows up. It is just that if you get it once, you are basically vaccinated for life. There were regular epidemics of measles and that was that.