Rubella offically eradicated from the Americas after no cases in 5-years
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[quote]Up to 20,000 children were born with rubella in the Americas every year until mass vaccinations started.
But the last endemic cases registered in the region were in Argentina and Brazil in 2009.
The fact no new cases have been declared in five consecutive years, apart from those imported into the region, allowed global health chiefs to declare the Americas free of the virus.
Eradication was "an historic achievement," said Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan-American Health Organization, which is part of the World Health Organisation.
"The fight against rubella has taken more than 15 years," she said. "But it has paid off with what I believe will be one of the most important pan-American public health achievements of the 21st Century."[/quote]
[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32523300[/url]
And then we stop vaccinating...
Seriously while amazing, its only been proven by the antivaxers how easy it is to undo this
[QUOTE=Sableye;47628099]And then we stop vaccinating...
Seriously while amazing, its only been proven by the antivaxers how easy it is to undo this[/QUOTE]
From the same BBC article I posted.
[quote]An outbreak of measles - a highly contagious virus - infected 150 people in the US alone at the turn of the year, after spreading from the Disneyland resort in California.
Doctors blamed the outbreak on parents refusing to give their children the MMR vaccine - the same one that prevents rubella - due to fears about potential side-effects.
Before that outbreak, the US had been free of measles for 15 years.[/quote]
Enjoy it while it lasts.
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