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Vaccines! This week's New England Journal of Medicine has a study from the University of Pittsburgh that analyzed 125 years of weekly surveillance reports for infectious diseases, and today's New York Times has an article about the study. By analyzing time periods before and after introduction of vaccines, the investigators were able to estimate that in the last decade 99% of cases of childhood diseases have been prevented. Quick, someone please call Jenny McCarthy!
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  1. Eli PerencevichDecember 3, 2013 at 5:31 PM

    Mike, I didn't comment at the time (no computer in chicago) but this is fantastic. Thanks for making it.

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