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2024-11-19 22:59 UTC
@unchartedworlds Amazing considering that measles is one of the most contagious diseases. This is data from JAMA, so I assume it's valid.
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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz 2024-11-20 00:14
@old_hippie Curiosity took me digging a little further... Apparently 13 _is_ the official figure for 2020. But it's arguably a bit cherry-picked for effect in that chart, because a more typical figure in the 2010s would be between 50 and 250 cases, and in 2019 it was up to 1,274! My guess is the covid precautions helped to knock it down so low in 2020. 2024 so far is officially 277. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html#cdc_data_surveillance_section_5-yearly-measles-cases