Editorial: Measles is back and we only have ourselves to blame
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
May 06, 2019
2 minutes
The United States shut the door on measles, one of the most contagious diseases known to humans, in 2000 - declaring it to have been "eliminated," for all intents and purposes. Success in fighting the disease at home and abroad has meant that countless children have been spared suffering, injury and death.
But now, through a combination of lax vaccination
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