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The data in this graphic come from the web site of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, but a graphic designer in Purchase, N.Y., named Leon Farrant has created a graphic that drives home what the data mean.
Below is a look at the past morbidity (how many people became sick) of what were once very common infectious diseases, and the current morbidity in the U.S. There?s no smallpox and no polio, almost no measles, dramatically less chickenpox (also known as varicella) and H. influenza (that?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew...ves-home-how-vaccines-have-changed-our-world/
Below is a look at the past morbidity (how many people became sick) of what were once very common infectious diseases, and the current morbidity in the U.S. There?s no smallpox and no polio, almost no measles, dramatically less chickenpox (also known as varicella) and H. influenza (that?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew...ves-home-how-vaccines-have-changed-our-world/