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After 26 years, the US has lost its measles elimination status

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  1. Zorind
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    Yay…

    “Whether or not we’ve officially lost our elimination status to me is much less important than, basically, measles is here. It’s pervasive, and vaccination rates are down across the country, and I don’t see us getting back to normal anytime soon,” he added.

    Yay…

    7 votes
  2. balooga
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    Our pollsters are still tabulating, but preliminary results suggest the use of the slogans “Make America Great Again” and “Make America Healthy Again” may in fact be inversely correlated with...

    Our pollsters are still tabulating, but preliminary results suggest the use of the slogans “Make America Great Again” and “Make America Healthy Again” may in fact be inversely correlated with improvements to America’s greatness and health. What a stunning turn of events.

    5 votes
  3. preposterous
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    We have these amazing, proven, safe tools that drastically improve everyone’s health and literally saving lives. But nah why believe in science when you can affirm “alternative facts” (a fact...

    We have these amazing, proven, safe tools that drastically improve everyone’s health and literally saving lives. But nah why believe in science when you can affirm “alternative facts” (a fact isn’t an opinion). We’re slowly regressing and undoing decades of progress.

    3 votes
  4. teaearlgraycold
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    This is a proven downside of the transition away from expertise correlating with the reach of a message.

    This is a proven downside of the transition away from expertise correlating with the reach of a message.

    2 votes