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30 September
7:58 pm

The spread of measles has reached a proportion we haven't seen since the nineteen sixties

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Xavier Becerra, at California Governor General Election Debate (CNN)

7:58 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific historical comparison about measles prevalence that can be verified against CDC or public health data
What we foundThe measles resurgence is real and severe, but the correct historical benchmark is the early 1990s (last comparable level in 1992), not the 1960s.
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