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drmeow

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2. The response to the pandemic

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:36 PM

Feb 2024

and the anti-vax movement are testaments to incredible and life-changing success of public health efforts and medical research of the early 20th century. Collectively, people in developed countries have forgotten what life was like before vaccines.

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Measles infections pose far more risks than most realize, including a fatal neurological complication [View all] Jilly_in_VA Feb 2024 OP

As children many of us had measles. Our children did not. They were vaccinated. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #1

The response to the pandemic drmeow Feb 2024 #2