The most ambitious mass vaccination campaign in history would include the highest risk people in all countries, not just the ones who can readily pay for a vaccine.
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The smallpox epidemic in Gloucester in 1923 revealed the effectiveness of vaccination, as the majority of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were among the unvaccinated. This pattern echoed a similar outbreak in 1896. Despite past tragedies, support for compulsory vaccination remained low, leading to repeated outbreaks. The history serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of vaccination.
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Too bad that most folks have forgotten that iseases that are now vaccine-preventable have long made headlines in the papers.
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Only the endemic spread of measles was eliminated in the United States, so we still have measles, cases are just imported from other countries.
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