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When do we stop vaccinating against an infectious disease?

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When will we be at a point where it’s safe to stop vaccinating against measles? Or against other rare and infectious diseases? Interesting article by Rebecca Chisholm and Nicholas Geard, Research Fellows, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia: theconversation.com/when-do...

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I wouldn't bet on the safety of stopping all vaccinations with our ever-migrating streams of humans. Interesting read.

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