Dr. Lucky Tran on Nostr: Before last year, there were no US measles deaths in a decade, and now we have had 5 ...
Before last year, there were no US measles deaths in a decade, and now we have had 5 deaths in two years.
Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, but will lose that status this year.
This is an abject failure of public health leadership.
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