<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Seeds of Doubt That Help a Disease Spread
Measles was supposedly eradicated in the U.S. two decades ago. Plus: Trump loves the NRA and the NRA loves him back, hate-listening to Taylor Swift’s newest song, and more
by Saahil Desai
Apr 26, 2019
3 minutes
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(Mike Segar)
The disease was supposedly eradicated two decades ago, but a series of outbreaks this year has led to a high of almost 700 reported cases so far in the U.S. (Globally, the number of outbreaks is up 300 percent from this time last year.) But unlike areas of the developing world, where vaccines can be hard to come by, the resurgence of measles in the U.S. is a communication problem, James Hamblin writes. Some parents aren’t
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