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by wavefunction 3412 days ago
I had an adult co-worker who had never been vaccinated for measles and had contracted it as an adult. He had to take expensive eye-drops regularly for the rest of his life, or he will go blind. He grew up in Utah.
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I'm not sure if you were trying to suggest otherwise, but Utah's childhood vaccination rates are quite good relative to other US States: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6341a1.htm
I mentioned Utah because it's in the middle of the United States, rather than Sub-Saharan Africa. My coworker had all the benefits and access to modern medicine, and now he faces blindness.