Measles is an incredibly dangerous disease. Luckily, in the 1960s a vaccine was developed and measles was put on the path towards eradication. Unluckily, Andrew Wakefield entered the picture in the '90s. He has, without a doubt, done more damage to the health of the human race than one man should conceivably be able to do.

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