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Braggi
12-05-2009, 07:54 AM
Another near triumph of modern medicine. Worldwide people are "getting it" and the results are now obvious.

Measles deaths worldwide have dropped 78% since 2000 | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times (https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/12/measles-deaths-have-dropped-78-since-2000.html)

As the result of a vigorous vaccination campaign in which more than 700 million children have been immunized against the measles, the number of deaths worldwide fell 78% from 2000 to 2008, the consortium of organizations known as the Measles Initiative announced today. About 733,000 children died in 2000, compared with 164,000 in 2008, the group said. ...

-Jeff