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Crazier still. The young generation once more has siblings who die from polio and measles and such. For reasons.

Maybe we're the dinosaurs.

What do you mean?

According to WHO, measles caused 2.6 million deaths a year before 1980, but only 134 200 in 2015. Polio dropped from 350 000 cases in 1988 to 74 in 2015.

I think he was making a passing joke at the anti-vax crowd

Yeah, if people stops vaccinating their kids, then the numbers would obviously go up instead of down. It's pretty scary that a lot of people don't realize this.

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