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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 15 2016, @05:47PM
Interesting link. While I agree that vaccinations are probably a huge contributing factor to the decline in many of these diseases this does not necessarily mean it is the only reason alone why these diseases have been in decline. It could also be that an increased awareness of these diseases and how they spread has also improved our ability to detect and stop their spread through earlier detection and prevention. Things like disinfectants, advancements in the manufacturing of and improvements in the use of disinfectants to prevent the spread of a disease when it's present based on what we learn about it, improvements in our ability to prevent air born diseases in hospitals by improving ventilation systems and creating better quarantine systems, improvements in sanitation systems, etc... have all probably contributed as well.