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2023-05-28 20:06:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EE3E0D301A7AF26EA01A4FF54D8C807FACBADEE851369CD22A1BB382CD7C90E3
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Smallpox was eradicated in U.S. through vaccination. Polio in the U.S. was eliminated due to vaccination. Measles was declared eliminated (absence of continuous disease transmission for >1 year) from the U.S. in 2000. This was thanks to a highly effective vaccination program https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/what-do-vaccines-do/disease-eradication https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html#:~:text=about%20measles%20vaccine.-,Measles%20elimination,compared%20with%20the%20previous%20year
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