Ep 21 Measles: The Worst Souvenir
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The History of the Vaccine
The year before the vaccine was introduced, there were over 481,000 cases of measles in the U.S. Within four years, that number had dropped by more than half. The target was to get at least 90 to 95% of the population vaccinated because that was the only way to actually break the cycle of outbreaks. But mass vaccination campaigns started shortly after in 1963.
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