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Discover insights garnered while researching vaccinations and the impact on measles incidence. Click to learn more!

Written byPhil Plait
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I just wanted to post this graph, which I found while researching vaccinations.

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Antivaxxers: bite me^*. We win.

^* Of course, antivaxxers would never bite me. Since I'm fully vaccinated, they might get autism or mercury poisoning or accidentally catch my reality cooties.

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