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so i looked up {measles 1991} and https://historyofvaccines.org/blog/1989-1991-measles-epidemic-almost-stopped-basketball-tournament/ > 1989 was a record year for measles in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 17,840 cases, “a 423% increase [in 1989] over the 3411 cases reported for 1988.” This was the largest number since 1978, and the 41 deaths in US residents associated with measles were the highest since 1971. On average, in the United States. Reasons for the epidemic that lasted from 1989 to 1991 include the one-shot recommendation, and budget cuts to childhood vaccination programs in the United States. . > Unfortunately, the Vaccines for Children program was created too late for many children. Then there was the matter of vaccine hesitancy among parents... In 1991, the courts had to get involved to immunize children whose parents would not immunize on religious grounds... https://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/events/details/?eid=6022&iid=18835 > The measles epidemic of 1991 in Philadelphia was one of the worst in the city's history: 1,400 people were infected and 9 died in a few months. The epidemic centered on two fundamentalist churches, Faith Tabernacle and First-Century Gospel, which refused vaccines as well as medical care for their children. We will discuss the response of the city's courts in trying to balance the rights of individuals to express their religious beliefs and the rights of the public to be free of potentially deadly diseases. If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the the thin blue line dividing good and evil cuts through... our side of that cohort of people who have the means to separate entire groups of people from society and destroy them. And who is able to make war with and defy the badges and truncheons of the beast? RE: https://flipboard.com/@sciencealert/sciencealert-3mvdqjtaz/-/a-shTS-JXxQ2SQ7PxGfG6jEg%3Aa%3A565656366-%2F0